> I remember some discussion about having /proc/kcore, /proc/*/mem and
> similar (large memory-images) as special files rather that normal files as
> they are now.
>
> what's the current status? I'd like them special, because then I could do
> something like
> tar cvzf ~/status-īdate +%Y%M%D` /proc
> and have most of the machine's status backuped.
Alternatively you could use find like this
tar cvzf ~/status=`date etc` `find /proc -mindepth 1 ! -name '/proc/kcore'
!-name '/proc/*/mem' ! -name 'et cetera'`
Regards,
Simon Weijgers
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