Pseudo-character device files

Introduction

Introduction

character device file. just buffer for input buffer and output buffer. are fifo buffers. eg keyboard and printer of characters are character device files.

Specifics

/dev/zero

/dev/null

/dev/random

/dev/urandom

/dev/tty* + Terminals

/dev/pt* + Pseudo terminals

/dev/lb* + Line printers

/dev/fb* + Frame buffers