Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 22 May 1998 19:14:04 -0700 | From | "Jeffrey B. Siegal" <> | Subject | Re: Re: size of files in /proc |
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>If /proc gave bogus values for the size, instead of 0, then programs that >rely on the size would *irregularly, erratically, and unpredictably* give >wrong results, depending on the relationship of the real size to the reported >size.
Forgive me if this has been discussed before, but why are the files in /proc (many of which do not have a defined, fixed, length) regular files? Why not character devices?
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