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Neil Winchurst wrote: > > Thanks for the info, I will remember that. Are there other useful files > that work in the same way? > Yes loads, as previously mentioned proc is full of kernel runtime information. Many of the userspace tools such as uname read and/or write to/from /proc for you as it is not always directly human readable. All uname does is query /proc/versions for you the extra options on uname allow only some info to be generated that is very useful for scripts, eg :- /lib/modules/`uname -r`/ is the current kernel modules directory other tools such as lsusb, lspci, ps, top etc all query /proc for system information. Normally the only way to talk to a kernel is via IOCTL calls, linux gives us /proc to save a lot of hassle, and /sys (if you have it) is also a kernel info folder. Regards -- Robin Cornelius http://www.byteme.org.uk
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