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Date:      Thu, 1 Aug 1996 19:47:31 +0200 (MET DST)
From:      J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de>
To:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org (FreeBSD-current users)
Subject:   Re: Just a note that libkvm/ps/etc need to be recompiled
Message-ID:  <199608011747.TAA19423@uriah.heep.sax.de>
In-Reply-To: <199607312002.NAA02651@phaeton.artisoft.com> from Terry Lambert at "Jul 31, 96 01:02:18 pm"

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As Terry Lambert wrote:

> There doesn't seem to be a good reason for using the kvm interface
> instead of procfs.  Unfortunately, to commit to that, procfs would
> have to become mandatory, since a shared interface would be hard.

procfs is already semi-mandatory.  ps(1) will omit certain information
if procfs is not mounted (like the start time).

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)



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