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- From: davidsen@ariel.crd.GE.COM (william E Davidsen)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: a patch for free in the ps-0.97 package
- Message-ID: <1992Aug17.141409.29555@crd.ge.com>
- Date: 17 Aug 92 14:14:09 GMT
- References: <SHARMAN.92Aug16012235@sharman.Software.Mitel.COM> <1992Aug16.114537.9026@klaava.Helsinki.FI>
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- In article <1992Aug16.114537.9026@klaava.Helsinki.FI>, torvalds@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Linus Benedict Torvalds) writes:
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- | I either have to implement some kind of /proc filesystem or support
- | some "get_ps_info()" system call - the get_ps_info() way is easier, but
- | a /proc fs might be a good idea and is more general. It will have to
- | wait for 0.98 or so, though: 0.97.pl2 won't have a good ps interface.
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- The /proc also opens the door for some debugging stuff, etc.
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- This is why I think it's too early to "stabilise" linux, Linus and
- other are still finding some fairly basic things they can do better, and
- would really have a hassle doing them with backward compatibility.
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- bill davidsen, GE Corp. R&D Center; Box 8; Schenectady NY 12345
- I admit that when I was in school I wrote COBOL. But I didn't compile.
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