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Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 17:43:56 -0500 (EST)
From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@rush.net>
To: Gurudatt Shenoy <gurudatt@cs.tamu.edu>
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Subject: Re: File write from kernel
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On Mon, 19 Apr 1999, Gurudatt Shenoy wrote:

> 
> Hello,
> Is there a way to write out the value of a variable defined in a kernel
> routine into a file?
> 
> If there is no straightforward way to do this, please point me to some
> papers/books/website where I could read about how to do it.

A much easier way to do this is create a 'sysctl' that a userland
program can fetch.

look in the kernel sources for SYSCTL

> 
> Thanks,
> Guru
> 
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-Alfred 



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