File manipulation can be complex in software development. Different operating systems have different methods for file management, each with a list of different options. In this chapter, we will discuss file I/O for Linux systems; you will see in Chapter 43 that file I/O in Windows is entirely different.
In Linux, file management is complex and involves creating and opening a file for read-only or read/write, writing to a new file or appending to a file, and deleting files...not to mention the security settings for ‘user’, ‘group’, and ‘other’. Brush up your admin skills on the Linux filesystem if ...
