Using the /proc filesystem
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The proc filesystem is a special filesystem found on most UNIX-based systems.
It holds a great deal of information, in ASCII format, most of which is not very friendly to the average user.
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It is important that you keep in mind that the files under /proc are not kept on a physical storage, meaning they are subject to change after reboot. Also, they should not really be called files as they are pseudo-files, as they exist only in memory.
I break that rule on regular basis and intend to do that also in this article.
I’ve made a list of some of the files i find to be of most use.
Read the complete article at http://www.petur.eu/blog/?p=320 Full Story |
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