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To: Zoltan Sebestyen <sebesty@cs.elte.hu>
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Subject: Re: Q: about procfs 
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From: David Greenman <dg@root.com>
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Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 06:50:22 -0800
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>I'd like to know what will be the future of procfs on FreeBSD. Will it
>provide more information about the system and the processes like it does
>on Linux, or will I have to keep using kernel calls like the kvm_
>functions? This question raises everytime I port a Linux application that
>uses procfs to gain some pieces of system level information. 

   For most system information, I prefer the sysctl mechanism. For process
information, I prefer procfs. We'll be extending both of these interfaces
in the future to provide more information.

-DG

David Greenman
Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project