Re: /proc/net/dev: candidate for reformatting

Alan Cox (alan@cymru.net)
Fri, 22 Mar 1996 10:17:54 +0000 (GMT)

> > pc1542:/proc/net# cat dev
> > Inter-| Receive | Transmit
> > face |packets errs drop fifo frame|packets errs drop fifo colls carrier
> > lo: 3041 0 0 0 0 3041 0 0 0 0 0
> > eth0:16010389 0 421559 0 71224 110093 0 0 0 2578 0
> > pc1542:/proc/net#
> >

Why don't you use the tools for the job.

> > This is from /proc/net/udp:
> > 67: 00000000:0043 00000000:0000 07 00000000:00000000 00:F09045D1 00000000 0 0
> > 111: 00000000:006F 00000000:0000 07 00000000:00000000 00:F09045D1 00000000 0 0
> >
> > Note the shift because of one more digit for the slot. This applies
> > to tcp and raw as well.
>
> This is why _all_ numbers in /proc should be 0-padded hex.

This is why you should run netstat and user tools.

Alan