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From: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
To: Daniel Phillips <phillips@bonn-fries.net>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.5 PROPOSAL: Replacement for current /proc of shit.
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On Sun, 4 Nov 2001 02:40:51 +0100
Daniel Phillips <phillips@bonn-fries.net> wrote:

> On November 2, 2001 03:20 am, Rusty Russell wrote:
> > I agree with the "one file, one value" idea.
> 
> So cat /proc/partitions goes from being a nice, easy to read and use human 
> interface to something other than that.  Lets not go overboard.

Firstly, do not perpetuate the myth of /proc being "human readable".  (Hint:
what language do humans speak?)  It supposed to be "admin readable" and
"machine readable".

Secondly, it is possible to implement a table formatter which kicks in
when someone does a read() on a directory.  This is not a desirable format:
look at /proc/mounts when you have a mount point with a space in it for a
good example.

Thanks!
Rusty.
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