Thanks everyone.
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>From Todd .
Truitt @
evolving .
com (Todd Truitt), on 9/10/96 9:06 AM:
To: firewalls @
GreatCircle .
COM, Rusty N Merrell @
Technology &
Operations.Crestar
>
> I have just installed a Firewall & Proxy Server. I am new to the SUN OS.
> The /proc directory has several files. Looks like their linked to
processes,
> but when I try to match the ID with a currenty PID I dont get anything
and
> I can't remove them. These files are very large 2meg and above. My
question
> is: what do these files do?
>
The /proc filesystem provides access to each process running on the
system. The size is not disk usage, but rather memory usage
(someone feel free to correct me). There are a number of tools
provided with the OS to manipulate these process through the decimal
number equiv. of the process id's. Don't delete these files. ;-)
Cheers,
--Todd
PS - see proc(4)
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R. Todd Truitt Todd .
Truitt @
evolving .
com
Evolving Systems, Inc.
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