Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 07 Nov 2001 14:42:48 -0500 | From | "Daniel R. Warner" <> | Subject | Re: Yet another design for /proc. Or actually /kernel. |
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Erik Hensema wrote:
> Here's my go at a new design for /proc. I designed it from a userland > point of view and tried not to drown myself into details.
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> - Multiple values per file when needed > A file is a two dimensional array: it has lines and every line > can consist of multiple fields. > A good example of this is the current /proc/mounts. > This can be parsed very easily in all languages.
> No need for single-value files, that's oversimplification. <snip>
This is fine for reading, but it makes it harder for humans to change values in /proc - eg, echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_ecn
-D
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