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Date: Fri, 5 May 2006 10:20:36 -0400
From: Bill Moran <wmoran@collaborativefusion.com>
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Subject: Re: BSD equiv of /proc?
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On Fri, 5 May 2006 10:07:03 -0400
"Jim Stapleton" <stapleton.41@gmail.com> wrote:

> I have a proc filesystem on my computer, but it's  empty. I'm used to
> linux, where you can do stuff like 'cat /proc/cpuinfo' to get
> information about the system. What is the BSD equivalent of this, or
> is it /proc, and I'm just missing something?

If you absolutely can't live without /proc, install the linuxulator
and mount linproc.  It will give you a linux compatible /proc.

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Bill Moran
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