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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Difference between file descriptor and file pointer Post 302402965 by karthigayan on Thursday 11th of March 2010 03:42:13 AM
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File descriptor is an integer which is an index in the kernel on the opened files(Which is called file descriptor table).It is used to deal with the files . most of the functions like open,close,read using the file descriptors to deal with the files.

File pointer is a location with in the file.Which points the next character which going to read.
 

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scsi_find_sense_descr(9F)				   Kernel Functions for Drivers 				 scsi_find_sense_descr(9F)

NAME
scsi_find_sense_descr - find descriptor in SCSI sense data SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/scsi/scsi.h> uint8_t *scsi_find_sense_descr(uint8_t *sense_buffer, int sense_buf_len, int req_descr_type); INTERFACE LEVEL
Solaris DDI specific (Solaris DDI). PARAMETERS
sense_buffer Pointer to a buffer containing SCSI descriptor sense data. The data is expected in wire format starting at the response code. sense_buf_len Integer that contains the length of sense buffer in bytes. req_descr_type Integer that contains the descriptor type value for the desired sense descriptor. DESCRIPTION
The scsi_find_sense_descr() function is used to obtain a pointer to a specific descriptor type, specified by req_descr_type, within a descriptor sense buffer. Before returning the pointer, scsi_find_sense_descr() verifies that the entire descriptor is present based on the length provided in sense_buf_len. Any value for req_descr_type can be requested. The following descriptor types are already defined: #define DESCR_INFORMATION 0x00 #define DESCR_COMMAND_SPECIFIC 0x01 #define DESCR_SENSE_KEY_SPECIFIC 0x02 #define DESCR_FRU 0x03 #define DESCR_STREAM_COMMANDS 0x04 #define DESCR_BLOCK_COMMANDS 0x05 #define DESCR_OSD_OID 0x06 #define DESCR_OSD_RESP_INTEGRITY 0x07 #define DESCR_OSD_ATTR_ID 0x08 Drivers should use scsi_validate_sense(9F) to ensure that the sense buffer contains valid descriptor sense data. RETURN VALUES
The scsi_find_sense_descr() function returns a pointer to a sense descriptor of the requested type if a descriptor of that type exists. If no such descriptor exists, scsi_find_sense_descr() returns NULL. CONTEXT
The scsi_find_sense_descr() function can be called from user or interrupt context. SEE ALSO
scsi_ext_sense_fields(9F), scsi_sense_asc(9F), scsi_sense_ascq(9F), scsi_sense_cmdspecific_uint64(9F), scsi_sense_info_uint64(9F), scsi_sense_key(9F), scsi_validate_sense(9F) SunOS 5.11 30 Jun 2006 scsi_find_sense_descr(9F)
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