Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 5 May 1999 13:22:44 -0400 (EDT) | From | "Richard B. Johnson" <> | Subject | Re: sed not working on /proc files |
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On Wed, 5 May 1999, Rogier Wolff wrote: [SNIPPED] > > The "files" in /proc should in my opinion not pretend to be files: > they should be "pipes". Many programs stat their input file, and if > they get "normal file", they have all sorts of assumptions on tricks > they can do. > > For example, "wc -c" will just return the st_size of the file, instead > of doing all the work that is normally involved in counting the file. > > > Roger. > Just for kicks, I changed them all to pipes, i.e., named FIFOS. This broke most of the tools like 'ps`. I gave up.
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