Re: /proc README
david parsons (o.r.c@p.e.l.l.c.h.i.i.l.u.s)
30 Apr 1997 15:53:43 -0700
In article <linux.kernel.m0wMSVb-000Ch9C@nevets.oau.org>,
Steven S. Dick <ssd@nevets.oau.org> wrote:
>You wrote:
>> A suggestion recently found on linux-admin. I think it would be
>> worthwhile, although it should be kept to a bare minimum (maybe
>> a couple of lines) to avoid kernel bloat. Maybe even just a pointer
>> to documention in the kernel source tree.
>
>I got a better idea.
>
>How about if /proc/README is a symlink.
>Point it to /usr/src/linux/README or even better, /usr/man/man5/proc.5
It's putting policy into the kernel; I don't know if that's a very
good idea aside from that, because you can't be sure either
/usr/src/linux or /usr/man/man5/proc.5 exist on a given machine.
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