“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.
Using the /dev and /proc File Systems
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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.
I don’t want to know. Hide it.
Kevin
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?