What (who) is file descriptor leak - definition
AN OBJECT FILE LIBRARY USED BY THE GNU DEBUGGER, ASSEMBLER, LINKER, AND THE BINARY UTILITIES
Libbfd; Binary File Descriptor; Binary file descriptor library
file descriptor leak
<programming> (Or "fd leak" /F D leek/) A kind of programming
bug analogous to a core leak, in which a program fails to
close file descriptors ("fd"s) after file operations are
completed, and thus eventually runs out of them.
See leak.
(1994-11-30)
file descriptor
![multiple names]]). File descriptor 3 does not refer to anything in the file table, signifying that it has been closed.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/File table and inode table.svg?width=200 "multiple names]]). File descriptor 3 does not refer to anything in the file table, signifying that it has been closed.")
ABSTRACT INDICATOR (HANDLE) USED TO ACCESS A FILE OR OTHER INPUT/OUTPUT RESOURCE
File Descriptor; Filehandle; File handle; Unbuffered IO; File descriptors; File handles; Fcntl.h; Lseek; File descriptor table; File table; Fcntl
<programming, operating system> An integer that identifies an
open file within a process. This number is obtained as a
result of opening a file. Operations which read, write, or
close a file would take the file descriptor as an input
parameter.
In many operating system implementations, file descriptors
are small integers which index a table of open files. In
Unix, file descriptors 0, 1 and 2 correspond to the
standard input, standard output and standard error files
respectively.
See file descriptor leak.
(1998-02-06)
File descriptor
ABSTRACT INDICATOR (HANDLE) USED TO ACCESS A FILE OR OTHER INPUT/OUTPUT RESOURCE
File Descriptor; Filehandle; File handle; Unbuffered IO; File descriptors; File handles; Fcntl.h; Lseek; File descriptor table; File table; Fcntl
In Unix and Unix-like computer operating systems, a file descriptor (FD, less frequently fildes) is a unique identifier (handle) for a file or other input/output resource, such as a pipe or network socket.
Wikipedia
Binary File Descriptor library
The Binary File Descriptor library (BFD) is the GNU Project's main mechanism for the portable manipulation of object files in a variety of formats. As of 2003, it supports approximately 50 file formats for some 25 instruction set architectures.
