"There are two Linux file systems that continually prove to be confusing stumbling blocks to new Linux users. These two directories, /proc and /dev have no Windows counterpart, and are not at first glance easily understandable. They are, however, powerful tools for understanding and using Linux. This article is a walk-through of the device (/dev) and process (/proc) file systems. It will explain what they are, how they work, and how they are used in practice." Read the rest of the article at NewsForge.
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I really like devfs, FreeBSD 5.0 has it and it's so cool to do an ls of /dev and see only about 60 entries.
I installed devfs on a debian box and added devfsd because they make it sound necessary, but is it really needed? It seems to add a lot of extra stuff to /dev.
you just cant normally get to them.
the registry is mounted on the file system, its just hidden (actually drive letters are just aliases to file system mounts on nt/xp/2k)
the registry contains the same types of information that /dev and /proc expose.
"the registry contains the same types of information that /dev and /proc expose."
I will agree on the /proc fs, but the registry does not perform the same functions as /dev.... You can't open a node in the registry for the soundcard and write data to it expecting it to land at a device.
is that where you set the Priority of a specific process?
