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100 lines
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\" Written by Garrett Wollman
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.\" This file is in the public domain.
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.\"
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.Dd August 10, 1994
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.Dt LINPROCFS 5
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm linprocfs
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.Nd Linux process file system
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Bd -literal
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linproc /compat/linux/proc linprocfs rw 0 0
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.Ed
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.Pp
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The Linux process file system, or
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.Nm ,
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emulates a subset of Linux' process file system and is required for
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the complete operation of some Linux binaries.
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.Pp
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The
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.Nm
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provides a two-level view of process space.
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At the highest level, processes themselves are named, according to
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their process ids in decimal, with no leading zeros.
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There is also a special node called
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.Pa self
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which always refers to the process making the lookup request.
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.Pp
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Each node is a directory containing several files:
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.Bl -tag -width status
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.It Pa exe
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A reference to the vnode from which the process text was read.
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This can be used to gain access to the process' symbol table,
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or to start another copy of the process.
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.It Pa mem
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The complete virtual memory image of the process.
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Only those addresses which exist in the process can be accessed.
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Reads and writes to this file modify the process.
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Writes to the text segment remain private to the process.
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.El
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.Pp
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Each node is owned by the process's user, and belongs to that user's
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primary group, except for the
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.Pa mem
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node, which belongs to the
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.Li kmem
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group.
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.Sh FILES
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.Bl -tag -width /compat/linux/proc/self/XXXXXXX -compact
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.It Pa /compat/linux/proc
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The normal mount point for the
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.Nm .
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.It Pa /compat/linux/proc/cpuinfo
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CPU vendor and model information in human-readable form.
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.It Pa /compat/linux/proc/meminfo
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System memory information in human-readable form.
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.It Pa /compat/linux/proc/pid
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A directory containing process information for process
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.Pa pid .
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.It Pa /compat/linux/proc/self
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A directory containing process information for the current process.
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.It Pa /compat/linux/proc/self/exe
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The executable image for the current process.
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.It Pa /compat/linux/proc/self/mem
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The complete virtual address space of the current process.
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.El
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.Sh EXAMPLES
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To mount a
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.Nm
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file system on
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.Pa /compat/linux/proc :
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.Pp
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.Dl "mount -t linprocfs linproc /compat/linux/proc"
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr mount 2 ,
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.Xr unmount 2 ,
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.Xr procfs 5 ,
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.Xr pseudofs 9
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm
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first appeared in
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.Fx 4.0 .
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.Sh AUTHORS
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.An -nosplit
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The
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.Nm
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was derived from
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.Nm procfs
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by
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.An Pierre Beyssac .
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This manual page was written by
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.An Dag-Erling Sm\(/orgrav ,
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based on the
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.Xr procfs 5
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manual page by
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.An Garrett Wollman .
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