I have general question about Linux. Will the inode be created if I create a fifo? pipe? socket?
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I have general question about Linux. Will the inode be created if I create a fifo? pipe? socket?
No inode will be created for an anonymous pipe or a socket, as an inode is a property of a filesystem and neither of these two lives as a filesystem entity (they don’t have a file path). They only have file descriptors.
However, for named pipes (aka fifo) an inode is created as it lives as an filesystem entity.