Re: procfs problems

Stefan Monnier (monnier+/news/lists/linux/kernel@TEQUILA.SYSTEMSZ.CS.YALE.EDU)
28 Apr 1997 18:08:53 -0400


"Mark H. Wood" <mwood@mhw.OIT.IUPUI.EDU> writes:
> they want it nicely formatted for the eye. Isn't there some way to
> reconcile the two views, or at least settle which one is correct?

Easy: provide one representation along with convenient tools (convenient here
means useable as well from /bin/sh and from your C program: a library with a
little program front-end).

It seems easier to me to go from binary to text than the opposite.

Stefan