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Subject: Re: [9fans] Is /proc an Plan9 invention ?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procfs:


      UNIX 8th Edition

Tom J. Killian=20
<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=3DTom_J._Killian&action=3Dedit=
&redlink=3D1>=20
implemented the UNIX 8th Edition=20
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Version_8_Unix> version of |/proc|: he=20
presented a paper titled "Processes as Files" at USENIX=20
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USENIX> in June 1984. The design of procfs=20
aimed to replace the /ptrace=20
<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=3DPtrace&action=3Dedit&redlink=
=3D1>/=20
system call used for process tracing.



Enrico Weigelt escribi=F3:
> Hi folks,
>
>
> the english wikipedia page on Plan9 implies that procfs was
> an Plan9 invention.=20
>
> Is this true ?
>
>
> cu
>  =20