file descriptors and open files

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Hello,

I have two quick questions:

When do two file descriptors point to the same open file ?

When do two open files point to the same inode ?

Also, if you happen to have some good documentation with graphs explaining this, i'll be very grateful if you show me the link to it :)

Thanks!

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