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Re: /proc (was: Re: /dev/registry)

From: Warren Young <warren at etr-usa dot com>
To: Cygwin-L <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2002 17:51:18 -0700
Subject: Re: /proc (was: Re: /dev/registry)
Organization: -ENOENT
References: <F119CHnbNWIWGjBM6VN000137e9@hotmail.com> <032a01c1af00$bde8dca0$a7eb0544@CX535256D> <014c01c1af04$47343ba0$0100a8c0@advent02>

Chris January wrote:
> 
> I'll probably add some entries to /proc - ones commonly found on UNIX
> platforms maybe. Anyone have any favourites they wish to see?

I don't know about "favorite", but the only one that's even close to
standardized across Unices is /proc/<pid>.  And even that is nonstandard
everywhere: it's a bunch of text files on Linux, and a bunch of binary
files by different names under recent SysVR4.  (Or SVR5, as Caldera nee
SCO insists on calling it.)

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References:
- RE: /dev/registry
  - From: Gareth Pearce
- Re: /dev/registry
  - From: Barubary
- /proc (was: Re: /dev/registry)
  - From: Chris January

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