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# Special file

Unlike a regular file (a bunch of accessible data organized on a filesystem), it's a special filename that points to a ressource or similar:

- character special files
- block special files
- named pipes
- socket files

Since a directory also is only a file, you can count it as special file, too.

## See also

- file
- filename
- directory

November 7, 2024
November 7, 2024

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