Messages in this thread |  | | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: Yet another design for /proc. Or actually /kernel. | Date | 7 Nov 2001 12:58:24 -0800 |
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Followup to: <slrn9uj1nf.5lj.spamtrap@dexter.hensema.xs4all.nl> By author: spamtrap@use.reply-to (Erik Hensema) In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > - 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. >
Actually, /proc/mounts is currently broken, and is an excellent example of why the above statement simply isn't true unless you apply another level of indirection: try mounting something on a directory the name of which contains whitespace in any form (remember, depending on your setup this may be doable by an unprivileged user...)
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