| | From | Daniel Phillips <> | | Subject | Re: PROPOSAL: dot-proc interface [was: /proc stuff] | | Date | Sun, 4 Nov 2001 18:28:47 +0100 |
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On November 4, 2001 05:45 pm, Tim Jansen wrote: > > The dot-proc file is basically a binary encoding of Lisp (or XML), e.g. it > > is a list of elements, wherein an element can itself be a list (or a > > Why would anybody want a binary encoding?
Because they have a computer?
> It needs special parsers and will be almost impossible to access from shell > scripts.
No, look, he's proposing to put the binary encoding in hidden .files. The good old /proc files will continue to appear and operate as they do now.
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