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

Ulrich Windl (Ulrich.Windl@rz.uni-regensburg.de)
Fri, 22 Mar 1996 12:17:19 +0100


On 22 Mar 96 at 10:17, Alan Cox wrote:

> > > 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.

Why are there headings then?

>
> > > 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
>
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