c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world · alectronic@piefed.zip · 14 Sep 2026 04:38 Blew My Mind Into Orbit check post at origin
Aren’t directories just files that say “hey i am directort ABCD and file X, Y and Z are my childs”?
Directories are just files if you squint at then right, and sockets are basically files too. As another commenter said, it’s not that everything is literally a file, but that it presents as a file, and can be interacted with as one.