In Linux various special files can be found under the directory /dev
. These files are called device files and behave unlike ordinary files. The most common types of device files are for block devices and character devices. These files are an interface to the actual driver (part of the Linux kernel) which in turn accesses the hardware. Another, less common, type of device file is the named pipe. The most important device files are listed in the tables below.
sda |
Første harddisk |
sdb |
Andre harddisk |
sda1 |
Første partisjon av første harddisk |
sdb7 |
Syvende partisjon av andre harddisk |
sr0 |
First CD-ROM |
sr1 |
Second CD-ROM |
ttyS0 |
Serial port 0, also referred to as COM1 |
ttyS1 |
Serial port 1, also referred to as COM2 |
psaux |
PS/2 mouse device |
gpmdata |
Pseudo device, repeater data from GPM (mouse) daemon |
cdrom |
Symbolic link to the CD-ROM drive |
mus |
Symbolsk lenke til museenhetsfilen |
null |
Alt som skrives til denne enheten forsvinner |
zero |
One can endlessly read zeros out of this device |