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Re: [MiNT] /proc

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Subject: Re: [MiNT] /proc
From: John Blakeley <john.blakeley@mon.bbc.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 16:48:41 +0000 (GMT)
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> 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!

Salut/.

J/.
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John Blakeley

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