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10 .Nd Linux process file system
13 linproc /compat/linux/proc linprocfs rw 0 0
16 The Linux process file system, or
18 emulates a subset of Linux' process file system and is required for
19 the complete operation of some Linux binaries.
23 provides a two-level view of process space.
24 At the highest level, processes themselves are named, according to
25 their process ids in decimal, with no leading zeros. There is also a
28 which always refers to the process making the lookup request.
30 Each node is a directory which contains the following entries:
32 Each directory contains several files:
33 .Bl -tag -width status
35 A reference to the vnode from which the process text was read.
36 This can be used to gain access to the process' symbol table,
37 or to start another copy of the process.
39 The complete virtual memory image of the process.
40 Only those addresses which exist in the process can be accessed.
41 Reads and writes to this file modify the process.
42 Writes to the text segment remain private to the process.
45 Each node is owned by the process's user, and belongs to that user's
46 primary group, except for the
48 node, which belongs to the
52 .Bl -tag -width /compat/linux/proc/self/XXXXXXX -compact
53 .It Pa /compat/linux/proc
54 normal mount point for the
56 .It Pa /compat/linux/proc/cpuinfo
57 CPU vendor and model information in human-readable form.
58 .It Pa /compat/linux/proc/meminfo
59 System memory information in human-readable form.
60 .It Pa /compat/linux/proc/pid
61 directory containing process information for process
63 .It Pa /compat/linux/proc/self
64 directory containing process information for the current process
65 .It Pa /compat/linux/proc/self/exe
67 .It Pa /compat/linux/proc/self/mem
68 the complete virtual address space of the process
83 This manual page was written by
84 .An Dag-Erling Sm\(/orgrav ,