From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 17 06:57:37 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC79C16A4CE for ; Wed, 17 Dec 2003 06:57:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from clunix.cl.msu.edu (clunix.cl.msu.edu [35.9.2.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A69343D3F for ; Wed, 17 Dec 2003 06:57:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by clunix.cl.msu.edu (8.11.7p1+Sun/8.11.7) id hBHEvQG19608; Wed, 17 Dec 2003 09:57:26 -0500 (EST) From: Jerry McAllister Message-Id: <200312171457.hBHEvQG19608@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: flux@hotbox.ru Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 09:57:25 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <1171291996.20031217144207@hotbox.ru> from "flux" at Dec 17, 2003 02:42:07 PM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL2] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /proc directory X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 14:57:37 -0000 > > What is /proc -directory for in FreeBSD? What kind of data does it > store? How and for what could I use it? It is a psuedo file system that the system uses while running for process information. You should be able to find information on it in the handbook and by searching. ////jerry > > -- > Best regards, > flux mailto:flux@hotbox.ru