Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 18 Oct 2000 16:48:48 +0100 | From | Stephen Tweedie <> | Subject | Re: Request for info on proc system update frequency |
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Hi,
On Tue, Oct 17, 2000 at 12:31:24AM -0400, John Kacur wrote: > I'm trying to understand how the proc file system works. In particular > I'd like to know more about the algorithm by which the information is > updated and how frequently.
It is "live": the file contents are generated on demand when you read them. A very few proc files include time-averaged data (such as the load average); everything else is absolutely uptodate.
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