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RE: [MiNT] /proc



> 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"...

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