Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Why no sysctl (Was: Re: /proc/cpuinfo verbiage ...) | Date | Sat, 4 Sep 1999 13:26:02 +0100 (BST) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> Coming from a Free/OpenBSD background, I have always really liked > the sysctl MIB. The sysctl command line too allows values to be manipulated > and read easily (much easier than parsing the /proc entries). > > Why does Linux deprecate that use? Why has is opted for a /proc > interface?
The /proc/sys interface is a direct mapping into sysctl space
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