decode /proc
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From: unruh on 30 Jan 2010 17:17 On 2010-01-30, peter <cmk128(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I want to display the /proc information in my http://peter-bochs.googlecode.com > > If /proc information is not stored in a fixed location, I probably > unable to read them. Of course it is stored in a fixed location. It is called /proc Just read the contents of the various files. That is what they are there for. They hand you the data on a platter and you say, "No No, I wanted to make my own platter-- How can I eat if you just hand the food to me on your platter?" > > thanks a lot > from Peter
From: Bill Waddington on 30 Jan 2010 19:02 On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 11:24:42 -0800 (PST), peter <cmk128(a)gmail.com> wrote: >I want to display the /proc information in my http://peter-bochs.googlecode.com > >If /proc information is not stored in a fixed location, I probably >unable to read them. It isn't _stored_ anywhere. It is _generated_ as you read it. If you want to display it, just read it and display it. I guess I don't understand what you want to accomplish :( Bill -- William D Waddington william.waddington(a)beezmo.com "Even bugs...are unexpected signposts on the long road of creativity..." - Ken Burtch
From: John Hasler on 30 Jan 2010 19:35 peter writes: > I want to display the /proc information in my > http://peter-bochs.googlecode.com > If /proc information is not stored in a fixed location, I probably > unable to read them. It _is_ "stored in a fixed location": /proc. Just open the files and read them. -- John Hasler jhasler(a)newsguy.com Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI USA
From: J G Miller on 31 Jan 2010 10:05 On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 18:35:12 -0600, John Hasler wrote: > It _is_ "stored in a fixed location": /proc. Umm yes, /proc is a location with a fixed name. But is the location of /proc within the physical memory fixed? If you look at Peter's Bochs web site you will see that he is a developer of a memory debugging tool for Bochs, and thus this question about /proc is I would suggest, a question about where in memory is /proc located, especially in a virtual machine emulating an i386 on the memory of another machine. So perhaps the question comes down to, how does one locate the absolution position of data for /proc in the memory used by the system?
From: John Hasler on 31 Jan 2010 11:13
J G Miller writes: > So perhaps the question comes down to, how does one locate the > absolution position of data for /proc in the memory used by the > system? procfs is a virtual filesystem: the data is assembled "on the fly" from various kernel data structures when the files are read. -- John Hasler jhasler(a)newsguy.com Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI USA |