Re: /proc file system

David Eduardo Gomez Noguera <davidgn-0xoF5DV5r/[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.usability.annoyances
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On Sun, 2003-08-24 at 18:10, Ken Arromdee wrote:
> On 24 Aug 2003, Nat Ersoz wrote:
> > The /proc fs is a thing of beauty.  Because each kernel module is free
> > to use the proc fs for its own purposes, you have to read the kernel
> > source code to figure what it does.  That's all there is to it.
> > 
> > Reading the source code is *not* a Linux annoyance.  It is _by_design_.
> 
> By that reasoning the animated paper clip in Microsoft Word isn't an annoyance
> either.
> 
thats silly.
proc doesnt pop on your face avery now and then.
In fact, I dont think I would know about proc if I werent using it.
And proc is nothing like the windows registry. GConf is more like it.
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