introduction to special files NAME intro - introduction to special files DESCRIPTION Section 4 of the manual describes special files (devices). FILES /dev/* — device files NOTES Au…data sink NAME null, zero - data sink DESCRIPTION Data written to the /dev/null and /dev/zero special files is discarded. Reads from /dev/null always return end of file (i.e., read…data sink NAME null, zero - data sink DESCRIPTION Data written to the /dev/null and /dev/zero special files is discarded. Reads from /dev/null always return end of file (i.e., read…Linux console escape and control sequences NAME console_codes - Linux console escape and control sequences DESCRIPTION The Linux console implements a large subset of the VT102 and …lirc devices NAME lirc - lirc devices DESCRIPTION The /dev/lirc* character devices provide a low-level bidirectional interface to infra-red (IR) remotes. Most of these devices can …kernel random number source devices NAME random, urandom - kernel random number source devices SYNOPSIS #include <linux/random.h> int ioctl( fd , RND request , param ); DESCRIPTION…kernel random number source devices NAME random, urandom - kernel random number source devices SYNOPSIS #include <linux/random.h> int ioctl( fd , RND request , param ); DESCRIPTION…DSP56001 interface device NAME dsp56k - DSP56001 interface device SYNOPSIS #include <asm/dsp56k.h> ssize_t read(int fd , void * data , size_t length ); ssize_t write(int fd , void …loop devices NAME loop, loop-control - loop devices SYNOPSIS #include <linux/loop.h> DESCRIPTION The loop device is a block device that maps its data blocks not to a physical devic…loop devices NAME loop, loop-control - loop devices SYNOPSIS #include <linux/loop.h> DESCRIPTION The loop device is a block device that maps its data blocks not to a physical devic…real-time clock NAME rtc - real-time clock SYNOPSIS #include <linux/rtc.h> int ioctl( fd , RTC_ request , param ); DESCRIPTION This is the interface to drivers for real-time clocks…boot loader initialized RAM disk NAME initrd - boot loader initialized RAM disk CONFIGURATION /dev/initrd is a read-only block device assigned major number 1 and minor number 250. …SCSI tape device NAME st - SCSI tape device SYNOPSIS #include <sys/mtio.h> int ioctl(int fd , int request [, (void *) arg3 ]); int ioctl(int fd , MTIOCTOP, (struct mtop *) mt_cmd )…