> On 27-Apr-99 Richard B. Johnson wrote:
> > If everything seems to work okay, then ask Linus. It's his code. There
> > is zero overhead to making such a phony size, but, as I said, it's
> > Linus' code. He may have a good reason for zero-length files.
>
> So what happens if the length of a /proc file is bigger than 1000 bytes?
>
> Programs which expect it to be only 1000 bytes will not read all the data.
> Seems like a hack, to me.
>
Well it is a 'hack' as you say. However, there (presently) doesn't seem
to be anything that has more than about 900 bytes of text in them. Also,
most tools will read until EOF (no more data), ignoring the file size so
the file-size doesn't limit it.
Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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