RE: [MiNT] /proc

[Martin-Eric Racine <q-funk@pp.fishpool.fi>]

> > > Why does /proc shows process names as truncated filenames?
> >
> > It's because /proc is an 8+3 filesystem.

That's what I suspected.

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

If they'are all MiNT/Unix tools/ports, they could be recompiled.

Are there any discontinued commercial applications that reply on
/proc being an 8+3 filesystem? 

Is there any other reason not to upgrade to longer process names?  

If there is, could /proc be upgraded to replace the first dot in
a filename with an underscore (but still truncate any characters
beyong 8) so that all inetd and rpc applications don't show as a
in.<PID> and rpc.<PID> but at least provide _some_ hints?

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