File Access - Operations affecting a file as a whole. (delete files, rename, truncate, etc.)

File filtering and processing - Methods of filtering and processing files. (character translation, comparison, search, sort, word counts, etc.)

File Access Limits - Limiting access to files (permissions, locking, et al)

Stdio Stream file operations - Buffered access of files and devices. fopen, fputc, fgetc, et al.

Low level file and device operations - Unbuffered access of files and devices. (ioctl, fcntl, /dev, et al)

Directory Access - Accessing directories of files, browsing, management, et al.

File Information - Obtaining file information (status, configuration, et al)

File Viewers - Viewing the contents of files in various forms.

File System Operations - Operations for entire file-systems (quotas, configuration, consistency, mount, unmount, et al)

Specific Types of File Systems - Specific forms of file systems. DFS, NFS, MS-DOS, etc.

Text File Output - Methods of printing and displaying text files.

RFC0678 Standard file formats. [ 1974/12/19]

Unix Programming FAQ General File handling (including pipes and sockets) []

Questions and Answers

fdformat(1) - format floppy disks {oss}

jot(1) - print sequential or random data {oss}

mkfifo(1) - make fifos {oss}

tee(1) - pipe fitting {oss}

tcopy(1) - copy and/or verify mag tapes {oss}

yes(1) - be repetitively affirmative {oss}

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Text Editors and Word Processors

Data Compression

Local Process Communication - Communication between processes running on the same system. Synchronization. File locking. Signals. FIFOs, pipes, et al

Remote Process Communication - Methods of communicating to remote processes. Remote Procedure Calls, sockets, data format translation, et al

Terminal I/O - TTY (character based display and keyboard) and related routines.

File and Version Management - RCS, CVS, distribution, etc.

Object File Utilities - Object (already compiled) file utilities, libraries

File Transfer and Distribution - Protocols and Methods of transfering files and directories, distributing and installing software. (file collections and archives, FTP, cvsup, NFS, et al.)

Data integrity and Security, Checksums and Digests - cryptography, message digests, etc.