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Date: | Thu, 14 Apr 2005 13:33:55 +0200 |
From: | Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com> |
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Subject: | Re: cd /proc/garbage |
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On Apr 14 06:18, Lev S Bishop wrote: > I looked and this doesn't seem to have been mentioned in the archives. > You can cd to any random subdirectory of a directory in the /proc > filesystem, irrespective of whether it exists. Examples: > > $ cd /proc/banana > $ ls > ls: .: Not a directory > $ cd /proc/self/banana > $ ls > ls: .: Not a directory > $ cd /proc/self/fd/banana > $ ls > ls: .: Not a directory > > However it only works one level deep: > > $ cd /proc/banana/banana > bash: cd: /proc/banana/banana: No such file or directory For now the answer is, "Don't do it". Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader mailto:cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat, Inc. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
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