| LeRoy Cressy on Tue, 12 Aug 2003 10:05:23 -0400 |
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Everything in /proc is in memory. /proc is not taking up any disk space. If you do a du on /proc you will find: sudo du -hs /proc 0 /proc /proc/kcore is the kernel core memory. Notice only root can read it for security reasons. - -r-------- 1 root root 512M 2003-08-12 09:58 /proc/kcore If you want to see what is going on in your system do a cat on some of the files in /proc. cat /proc/cpuinfo reveals: processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 5 model name : Pentium II (Deschutes) stepping : 2 cpu MHz : 400.915 cache size : 512 KB fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 2 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr bogomips : 799.53 Sijian Zhou wrote: I find I have a 200M+ /proc/kcore file in my RedHat 7.3. What is it? It is read-only and I can't change it's mod and delete it. How to reduce it's size? - -- Rev. LeRoy D. Cressy mailto:leroy@lrcressy.com /\_/\ http://lrcressy.com ( o.o ) Phone: 215-535-4037 > ^ < gpg fingerprint: 62DE 6CAB CEE1 B1B3 359A 81D8 3FEF E6DA 8501 AFEA For info on enigmail: http://lrcressy.com/linux/mozilla.pdf For info on gpg: http://www.gnupg.org/ Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. (John 14:6) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Netscape - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE/OPNXP+/m2oUBr+oRAtP5AJ9v+nGM9PhDUofzBUU2wt7lZ4ewTgCcD4B9 rTHNOQYloi7JfrY2rd27Hxk= =lzbn -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.netisland.net/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.netisland.net/mailman/listinfo/plug
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