Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 6 Nov 2001 21:58:28 +0100 (CET) | From | Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk <> | Subject | Re: PROPOSAL: /proc standards (was dot-proc interface [was: /proc |
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> >1) IT SHOULD NOT BE PRETTY. No tabs to line up columns. No "progress > >bars." No labels except as "proc comments" (see later). No in-line labelling. > > It should not be pretty TO HUMANS. Slight difference. It should be pretty > to shellscripts and other applications though. > > Yes, that means we won't be able to do a 'cat /proc/cpuinfo' anymore in the > future. Bummer.
What about adding a separate choice in the kernel config to allow for /hproc (or something) human readable /proc file system?
-- Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk, MCSE, MCNE, CLS, LCA
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