Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 17:30:44 -0400 (EDT) From: Michael Bacarella <mbac@nyct.net> To: visi0n <visi0n@aux-tech.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ProcFS Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10004031728320.210-100000@bsd1.nyct.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10004031824310.1879-100000@ebola.chinatown.org>
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On Mon, 3 Apr 2000, visi0n wrote: > I was thinking how normal programs get info about cpu and memory > utilization in bsd's systems, (maybe sysctl ?). In the olden days, you used to have to read kernel data structures through /dev/mem (or friends(?)). This usually means that you have to be privileged or at least loved by a privileged person on the system. Lately, a lot (more) of this data is accessible through sysctl, although I don't know exactly what. Just more. Michael Bacarella New York Connect Net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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