In /dev/socket directory, if runs "ls -al" in adb, there is no file size information. I would like to know why there is no such information, in the condition that in other directories can show file size information?
Thanks.
1 Answer
Sockets and pipes represent Unix' way of inter process communication, and a communication channel has no point in having a size. Sockets are thus not seekable as in go to position x in the file.
Linux (which Android makes use of) has 7 file types:
- Regular Files
- Directories
- Character Device Files
- Block Device Files
- Local Domain Sockets
- Named Pipes
- Symbolic Links
See more here
