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:
“Adults who still derive childlike pleasure from hanging gifts of a ready-made education on the Christmas tree of a child waiting outside the door to life do not realize how unreceptive they are making the children to everything that constitutes the true surprise of life.”
—Karl Kraus (1874–1936)
“Oh Mary,
Gentle Mother,
open the door and let me in.
A bee has stung your belly with faith.
Let me float in it like a fish.”
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“For the sun will shine in my back door some day.”
—Richard M. Jones (1892–1945)