\item Provide access to the file system and streams - Subclasses access the file system through standard UNIX syscalls (read, write, open, etc). The Runtime manages the file descriptor table that maps UNIX file descriptors to Java RandomAccessFiles, InputStreams, OutputStreams, and sockets.
\item Provide access to the file system and streams - Subclasses access the file system through standard UNIX syscalls (read, write, open, etc). The Runtime manages the file descriptor table that maps UNIX file descriptors to Java RandomAccessFiles, InputStreams, OutputStreams, and sockets.