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RE: [MiNT] /proc

To: "John Blakeley" <john.blakeley@mon.bbc.co.uk>, "MiNT List" <mint@fishpool.com>
Subject: RE: [MiNT] /proc
From: "Julian Reschke" <reschke@muenster.de>
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 17:54:58 +0100
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Reply-to: <reschke@muenster.de>
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> From: owner-mint@fishpool.com [mailto:owner-mint@fishpool.com]On Behalf
> Of John Blakeley
> Sent: Thursday, November 11, 1999 5:49 PM
> To: MiNT List
> Subject: Re: [MiNT] /proc
>
>
> > Why does /proc shows process names as truncated filenames?
>
> This one's easy! :-)
>
> It's because /proc is an 8+3 filesystem.
>
> Many moons ago I asked if it was possible to modify the kernel so that
> >999 process id's were available. Obvously, in an 8+3 f/s, this is not
> possible!

The issue is that this would break programs which open filenames like
"u:\proc\*.%03d"...

--
Julian F. Reschke (mailto:reschke@medicaldataservice.de)
MedicalData Service GmbH Münster, Germany

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