Re: proc suggestion

From: Ron Flory (ron.flory@adtran.com)
Date: Thu Feb 17 2000 - 11:47:40 EST


Wolter wrote:
>
> Make /proc work so that when you open files under it in binary mode you
> get binary data better suited for programs and when in text mode, human
> readable nicely formatted ascii text. Now wouldn't that be great?

 not a bad idea, but how would one export knowledge of the structure
layouts for multiple-element files, /proc/sys/dev/cdrom/info for
example.

ron

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