On Wed, Jun 15, 2005 at 05:36:21PM -0400, Matthew Miller wrote: > On Wed, Jun 15, 2005 at 04:41:06PM -0500, akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > Running find on /proc is bound to cause problems. /proc is not a real > > filesystem it is simulated filesystem created by the kernel to hold > > various characteristics of your system. You can cat /proc/cpuinfo > > but you can't : vi cpuinfo > > for example. > > Have you tried it? 'Cause I can. > > Ok, I never tried vi on a proc file and it works. And find even works. Well that is amazing since I thought it would not. My bad. Which leaves us with the original question which I can't answer now. Too many assumptions sink the boat. I am into mixed metaphors today, -- ======================================================================= A truly great man will neither trample on a worm nor sneak to an emperor. -- B. Franklin ------------------------------------------- Aaron Konstam Computer Science Trinity University telephone: (210)-999-7484
