Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 23:02:05 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> To: Yuri <yuri@rawbw.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why FreeBSD procfs is so different from the Linux one? Message-ID: <20071017100205.GB92302@osiris.chen.org.nz> In-Reply-To: <1192613089.4715d4e1d484b@webmail.rawbw.com> References: <1192613089.4715d4e1d484b@webmail.rawbw.com>
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On Wed, Oct 17, 2007 at 02:24:49AM -0700, Yuri wrote:
> Hi,
>
> When I look at /proc/PID/ in FreeBSD I see the files:
> cmdline ctl dbregs etype file fpregs map mem note notepg
> regs rlimit status
> and in Linux:
> cmdline cpu cwd environ exe fd maps mem mounts root stat statm status
>
> Why there's such a difference in procfs interface to the process information?
>
> In addition Linux has /proc/self/ link which is named curproc in FreeBSD.
>
> Isn't it better to have the same interface across the systems?
Maybe. Why don't you get the Linux guys to change theirs? FreeBSD has
been around longer.
--
Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
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