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procfs began life | procfs [http://lucasvr.gobolinux.org/etc/Killian84-Procfs-USENIX.pdf began life] in 1984's UNIX V8 as a virtual filesystem dedicated to exporting process information and supporting [[ptrace]] (another decades-old mess). Over time, it has grown substantially on any number of operating systems. It is pretty much a required interface on [[Linux APIs|Linux]], and strongly recommended on Solaris and [[FreeBSD]]. | ||
==proc/PID== | ==proc/PID== | ||
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==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
* The [[sysfs]] page | * The [[sysfs]] page | ||
* UNIX V8 [http://man.cat-v.org/unix_8th/4/proc proc(4)] man page | |||
