May 2017
Beginner
552 pages
28h 47m
English
Content preview from Linux Shell Scripting Cookbook - Third Edition
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The /proc filesystem
/proc is an in-memory pseudo filesystem that provides user-space access to many of the Linux kernel's internal data structures. Most pseudo files are read-only, but some, such as /proc/sys/net/ipv4/forward (described in Chapter 8, The Old-Boy Network), can be used to fine-tune your system's behavior.