Re: /proc/version obsolete?

Steve Dodd (dirk@loth.demon.co.uk)
Wed, 27 Jan 1999 01:26:48 +0000


Hi,

On Tue, Jan 26, 1999 at 04:10:06PM -0800, david parsons wrote:

> >> Why do we need /proc/version if we have that info in
> >> /proc/sys/kernel/version already?
> >
> >To maintain backwards compatibility with david parsons.
>
> I suspect I'm not the only person who cares about backwards
> compatability.

True; also, who wants to cat all those files in /proc/sys/kernel when the
results are combined in /proc/version.. Also, if you have sysctl turned off,
presumably /proc/sys disappears?

S.

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