[ale] proc

[MetroBoy]

OK.  I won't delete it.  Is there anything interesting in there that I
might want to read?

Ed

Livin' La Vida Loca

----- Original Message -----
 From: Ryan Bridges <reb at techie.com>
To: MetroBoy <metroboy at sprynet.com>
Cc: ALE <ale at ale.org>
Sent: Monday, June 21, 1999 15:06
Subject: Re: [ale] proc


> The /proc filesystem is the kernel accounting filesystem.  All
valuable
> information that the kernel collects during boot-up is kept in the
various
> files and directories in /proc.  it is not physically possible for you
to
> edit this nor is it possible to remove it.  I think it is a
compilation
> option in the kernel so you may be able to get rid of it that way.
There
> is really no reason you should ever need to do this.
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> Ryan Bridges <ryan at linuxgeneralstore.com>
> Tuesday, June 15, 1999
> B.Gates : quality software :: R.McDonald : gourmet cuisine
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> On Mon, 21 Jun 1999, MetroBoy wrote:
>
> > What is the proc filesystem?  It's not mounted from any device, yet
it's
> > mentioned in fstab.  If you try to go to its mount point, there's
like
> > nothing there.  I was wondering if I could remove it from fstab, but
> > thought I probably shouldn't since the GUI user mounting tool says
the
> > device is busy.  Can somebody tell me more about proc?
> >
> > Ed
> >
> > Livin' La Vida Loca
> >
> >
>