Objectives
In this chapter you will learn
What constitutes a special filesystem
Practical uses for two of the special filesystems, /proc and /sys
The use of some of the tools that allow easy access to view system data in these special filesystems
How to create and manage swap files
Some differing recommendations for swap size
Introduction
In Chapter 4, we looked at some tools like top that allow SysAdmins to look inside the running Linux kernel. We also discussed the observer effect1 which is a theory in the scientific discipline of physics that states, “simply observing a situation or phenomenon ...
