Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 9 Oct 2001 09:41:24 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 9 Oct 2001 09:41:14 -0400 Received: from artax.karlin.mff.cuni.cz ([195.113.31.125]:8720 "EHLO artax.karlin.mff.cuni.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 9 Oct 2001 09:41:03 -0400 Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 15:41:34 +0200 From: Jan Hudec To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: proc file system Message-ID: <20011009154134.C28423@artax.karlin.mff.cuni.cz> Mail-Followup-To: Jan Hudec , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <200110052202.f95M2Ig16051@mail.swissonline.ch> <20011006173025.F12624@arthur.ubicom.tudelft.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20011006173025.F12624@arthur.ubicom.tudelft.nl>; from J.A.K.Mouw@ITS.TUDelft.NL on Sat, Oct 06, 2001 at 05:30:25PM +0200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > On Sat, Oct 06, 2001 at 12:02:18AM +0200, llx@swissonline.ch wrote: > > i've written a prog interface for my logger utility to make it easy > > to transport my logging information from kernel to userspace using > > shell commands. now i want to use tail -f /prog/. what > > do i have to do for that to work. when using tail my loginfo gets > > read form my ringbuffer, but nothing gets printed in the terminal. > > I think you actually want a character device instead of a /proc file. Could you please explain why? I can't see the advantage (read and write are fileops; you can have them exactly the same for proc file and device). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Jan Hudec `Bulb' - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/