Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 26 Apr 1999 17:17:10 -0400 | From | Chip Salzenberg <> | Subject | Re: sed not working on /proc files |
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According to Jeremy Fitzhardinge: > 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.
Hm. Would it be a Bad Thing for mmap to fail on /proc files that don't report true sizes? -- Chip Salzenberg - a.k.a. - <chip@perlsupport.com> "When do you work?" "Whenever I'm not busy."
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