Messages in this thread |  | | From | Mark Swanson <> | Subject | RFC: /proc key naming consistency | Date | Tue, 12 Feb 2002 21:50:35 -0500 |
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I would like to hear people's opinions on making the keys in the /proc hierarchy consistent wrt the space character. The current Linux Documentation/filesystems.proc.txt does not suggest any standard naming conventions. F.E. cat /proc/cpuinfo (partial list)
cpu family : 5 model : 9 model name : AMD-K6(tm) 3D+ Processor stepping : 1 cpu MHz : 400.907 cache size : 256 KB fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no
Notice the space between "cpu" and "MHz", or "cpu" and "family" yet there is no space between "fdiv" and "bug" (_).
The reason I think NOT using a space is a good idea because it makes life easier for developers parsing /proc entries. Specifically, Java developers could use /proc/cpuinfo as a property file, but the space in the 'key' breaks java.util.Properties.load().
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