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Subject: Re: [9fans] Re: patch/list sorry/proc-mtime
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 12:09:17 +0200
From: lucio@proxima.alt.za
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> i sometimes use the following property
>
> term% md5sum /proc/226/text
> de057049f60a4b11c7931f83bef55d74	/proc/226/text
>
> term% md5sum /bin/cat
> de057049f60a4b11c7931f83bef55d74	/bin/cat
>
> where `text' is a reference to the whole image
> including symbols, not just the text segment

Is there a generic mechanism/API for executables to add to their
respective /proc nodes?  I could think of useful operations such as
recording the version and maybe the command line.  But perhaps that is
perceived as a bad idea?  I seem to recall some disparaging remarks on
this list about proctitle().

++L