Messages in this thread |  | | From | "Michael J. Greger" <> | Subject | suggestion for change to proc filesystem | Date | Sat, 15 Jun 1996 17:49:16 -0500 (CDT) |
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Hello,
I don't think I've seen this suggestion before...
How about adding a version number as the first entry in every 'file' in the /proc filesystem. Every time that the format of one of the files is changed, the version will get incremented.
This would certainly aid people in debugging programs that are based on the /proc filesystem. Just imagine, no more "ps doesn't work anymore, what's wrong??". The application could use the version number and say "The /proc filesystem format has chaned for /proc/xxx. This program may not function properly anymore. Please upgrade it!"
Mike
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