Remember that /proc is meant to be a human API

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Post #74,526 by ben_tilly 1/14/03 8:17:33 PM Reply	Remember that /proc is meant to be a human API Its contents can and do change dramatically between releases of Linux, and that fact makes it very dangerous to rely on it in code. Cheers, Ben "good ideas and bad code build communities, the other three combinations do not" - [link\|http://archives.real-time.com/pipermail/cocoon-devel/2000-October/003023.html\|Stefano Mazzocchi]
Post #74,534 by admin 1/14/03 8:31:20 PM Reply	Yabut The alternative is sysctl, which also changes drastically between releases. In fact, the manpage for sysctl specifically says to use /proc instead. Regards, -scott anderson "Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."

I'm just looking for a count of file descriptors. - (admin) - (11) - Jan. 14, 2003, 10:43:53 AM EST

I am thinking either... - (folkert) - (1) - Jan. 14, 2003, 11:22:14 AM EST

I need to do this in code, not at a shell prompt... -NT - (admin) - Jan. 14, 2003, 11:44:57 AM EST

The non-syscall method.... - (kmself) - (2) - Jan. 14, 2003, 05:23:35 PM EST

Remember that /proc is meant to be a human API - (ben_tilly) - (1) - Jan. 14, 2003, 08:17:33 PM EST

Yabut - (admin) - Jan. 14, 2003, 08:31:20 PM EST

There is a fast /proc answer - (ben_tilly) - (2) - Jan. 14, 2003, 08:19:21 PM EST

That's for the whole system (I think); I need by process -NT - (admin) - (1) - Jan. 14, 2003, 08:30:36 PM EST

It is, my misread. Sorry. -NT - (ben_tilly) - Jan. 14, 2003, 08:37:55 PM EST

Note: current solution - (admin) - Jan. 14, 2003, 08:41:57 PM EST

Well... I just looked through *lsof* source tree... - (folkert) - Jan. 14, 2003, 09:30:52 PM EST

Well, joo find anything else... or give up looking? -NT - (folkert) - Jan. 15, 2003, 11:49:36 AM EST

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