Manoj Joseph wrote:

Hi,

In Linux, the procfs interface is used for more than just the process related information. For instance, on my linux box, /proc/fs/nfs/exports shows the nfs exports and /proc/vmstat has vm statistics etc...

It looks like Solaris uses it only for exporting information relating to processes.

Is my understanding correct? If it is, does Solaris have an alternative for exporting more arbitrary information like Linux does?

-Manoj



Hi,

http://www.softpanorama.org/Articles/Linux_vs_Solaris/comparison_of_internal_architecture.shtml#Filesystems
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proc_filesystem#Solaris
http://www.cs.biu.ac.il/cgi-bin/man?sharetab+4
http://www.cs.biu.ac.il/cgi-bin/man?rmtab+4

two highly recommended books:
* "Solaris Systems Programming" pages 325-334 "Determining Resource Usage Using the /proc File System" * "Solaris(TM) Internals: Solaris 10 and OpenSolaris Kernel Architecture (2nd Edition)"* *http://www.solarisinternals.com/si/solarisinternalsTOC.pdf


~m
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