The File Object

• An object representing an open file instance.
• Points to a dentry, which points to an inode that represents the actual file...
• Contains information such as the "current position", access mode using which the file was opened, uid and gid via which the file is open, etc.
• Contains a pointer to 'file operations', which is set by the underlying file-system (or device driver - in case we opened a device-special file).

Originally written by guy keren