Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 26 Apr 1999 19:47:29 -0700 (PDT) | From | "David B. Rees" <> | Subject | Re: sed not working on /proc files |
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On 27-Apr-99 Richard B. Johnson wrote: > If everything seems to work okay, then ask Linus. It's his code. There > is zero overhead to making such a phony size, but, as I said, it's > Linus' code. He may have a good reason for zero-length files.
So what happens if the length of a /proc file is bigger than 1000 bytes?
Programs which expect it to be only 1000 bytes will not read all the data. Seems like a hack, to me.
-Dave
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