The /proc filesystem

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The /proc filesystem
The /proc filesystem contains a
        illusionary filesystem.  It does not exist on a disk. Instead, the
        kernel creates it in memory.  It is used to provide information
        about the system (originally about processes, hence the name).  Some
        of the more important files and directories are explained below.
        The /proc filesystem is described in more
        detail in the proc manual page.
       
/proc/1
A directory with information about
                process number 1.  Each process has a directory below
                /proc with the name being its process
                identification number.       
/proc/cpuinfo
Information about the processor,
                such as its type, make, model, and performance.
               
/proc/devices
List of device drivers configured into the
                currently running kernel.  
/proc/dma
Shows which DMA channels are being used
                at the moment.       
/proc/filesystems
Filesystems configured into the kernel.
               
/proc/interrupts
Shows which interrupts are
                in use, and how many of each there have been.
               
/proc/ioports
Which I/O ports are in use at the moment.
               
/proc/kcore
An image of the physical memory of
                the system.  This is exactly the same size as your
                physical memory, but does not really take up that much
                memory; it is generated on the fly as programs access it.
                (Remember: unless you copy it elsewhere, nothing under
                /proc takes up any disk space
                at all.)  
/proc/kmsg
Messages output by the kernel.
                These are also routed to syslog.
               
/proc/ksyms
Symbol table for the kernel.
               
/proc/loadavg
The `load average' of the system; three
                meaningless indicators of how much work the system has
                to do at the moment.  
/proc/meminfo
Information about memory usage, both
                physical and swap.  
/proc/modules
Which kernel modules are loaded at
                the moment.  
/proc/net
Status information about network
                protocols.  
/proc/self
A symbolic link to the process
                directory of the program that is looking at
                /proc.  When two processes look at
                /proc, they get different links.
                This is mainly a convenience to make it easier
                for programs to get at their process directory.
               
/proc/stat
Various statistics about the system, such
                as the number of page faults since the system was booted.
               
/proc/uptime
The time the system has been up.
               
/proc/version
The kernel version.
               
Note that while the above files tend to be easily readable
        text files, they can sometimes be formatted in a way that is not
        easily digestible.  There are many commands that do little more than
        read the above files and format them for easier understanding. For
        example, the freeprogram reads
        /proc/meminfo converts the amounts given in
        bytes to kilobytes (and adds a little more information, as
        well).
               
               
               

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