Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 26 Apr 1999 15:12:41 -0700 (PDT) | From | Jeremy Fitzhardinge <> | Subject | Re: sed not working on /proc files |
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On 26-Apr-99 Stefan Monnier wrote: > open("/proc/meminfo", O_RDONLY) = 3 > fstat(3, {st_mode=0, st_size=0, ...}) = 0 > mmap(0, 0, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0
This is the problem. It stats the file, mmaps 0 bytes from it and finishes with no action. Presumeably if the mmap failed or stat said the file isn't a regular file it would use normal read.
J
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