From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 16 07:00:59 2004 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 A2D3E16A4CE for ; Fri, 16 Apr 2004 07:00:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp107.mail.sc5.yahoo.com (smtp107.mail.sc5.yahoo.com [66.163.169.227]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6D27D43D3F for ; Fri, 16 Apr 2004 07:00:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from StephenTFisher@yahoo.com) Received: from unknown (HELO localhost) (stephentfisher@69.36.243.12 with plain) by smtp107.mail.sc5.yahoo.com with SMTP; 16 Apr 2004 14:00:59 -0000 Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 07:00:50 -0700 From: Stephen Fisher To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20040416140050.GB4156@ux1sjc1.calicat.org> References: <407B8108.20601@smxy.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <407B8108.20601@smxy.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Subject: Re: /proc 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: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 14:00:59 -0000 On Tue, Apr 13, 2004 at 01:56:24AM -0400, Shaun T. Erickson wrote: > One of the things I really miss from my Linux system, is the /proc > directory structure, where I could easily find out so much about my > system and, in some cases, modify it. > > Is there are way I can get such a thing under FreeBSD > 5.2.1-RELEASE-p4? As another person mentioned, use "sysctl" to change things. To view information about your system try "dmesg" to view the boot-up screens again. -- Stephen Fisher San Jose, CA USA