> i sometimes use the following property > > term% md5sum /proc/226/text > de057049f60a4b11c7931f83bef55d74 /proc/226/text > > term% md5sum /bin/cat > de057049f60a4b11c7931f83bef55d74 /bin/cat > > where `text' is a reference to the whole image > including symbols, not just the text segment
Is there a generic mechanism/API for executables to add to their respective /proc nodes? I could think of useful operations such as recording the version and maybe the command line. But perhaps that is perceived as a bad idea? I seem to recall some disparaging remarks on this list about proctitle(). ++L
