Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 16 Nov 1999 06:38:59 +0000 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: Getting system info from the kernel |
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Alexander Viro wrote: > It would be reall nice if we had a generally accepted library with sane > interface that could be used by everything. Then the changes would be much > easier. Right now we have all sorts of spiffy little utilities (seriously > resembling DOS BBS collections - bad symptom in itself), each of them > doing its own thing in its own way. Yes, if they would directly use the > kernel memory it would be even worse. But even in the current form it's a > mess.
libgtop from the GNOME project
> > For the sysctl program used in boot scripts, add /proc/sys/ to the list. > > /proc/sys is pretty regular and reasonable. Besides, sysctl(8) should not > use procfs - all we need is sysctlbyname(2) (check BSD manpages).
ah, nice!
-- Jeff Garzik | Just once, I wish we would encounter Building 1024 | an alien menace that wasn't immune to MandrakeSoft, Inc. | bullets. -- The Brigadier, "Dr. Who"
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