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Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2002 08:36:58 -0500 (EST)
From: "Richard B. Johnson" <root@chaos.analogic.com>
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On Fri, 8 Nov 2002, Rick Lindsley wrote:

>     The <unknown quantity of> applications out there which are reading
>     the disk info from /proc/stat need to be taught to go fishing in
>     /name-of-the-day-fs.
> 

There is /proc/version, which could have been used to make
`ps` and `top` compatable over, at least previously known
versions.

The last version of procps I have a copy of is 1.2. I don't see
anybody opening that file anywhere. Maybe it would be a good
idea to start.


Cheers,
Dick Johnson
Penguin : Linux version 2.4.18 on an i686 machine (797.90 BogoMips).
   Bush : The Fourth Reich of America


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