Door
A door is a special file for inter-process communication between a client and server, currently implemented in the Sun Solaris operating system only.
A door is marked with a D (upper case) as the first letter of the mode string, e.g.
Read more about this topic: Unix File Types
Famous quotes containing the word door:
“Wistfully watching, with wonderful liquid eyes.
And all her weight, all her blood, dripping sack-wise down towards
the earth’s center,
And the live little-one taking in its paw at the door of her belly.”
—D.H. (David Herbert)
“To set up as a standard of public morality a notion which can neither be defined nor conceived is to open the door to every kind of tyranny.”
—Simone Weil (1909–1943)
“The parent in charge is the disciplinarian.... I do not believe in letting discipline wait for another parent to handle it, nor do I think the father or mother should be allowed to become a shadowy figure who walks in the door and has to play the bad guy in the house.”
—Lawrence Balter (20th century)