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SubjectRe: sed not working on /proc files
On 27-Apr-99 Richard B. Johnson wrote:
> If everything seems to work okay, then ask Linus. It's his code. There
> is zero overhead to making such a phony size, but, as I said, it's
> Linus' code. He may have a good reason for zero-length files.

So what happens if the length of a /proc file is bigger than 1000 bytes?

Programs which expect it to be only 1000 bytes will not read all the data.
Seems like a hack, to me.

-Dave

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