Re: What's in /proc owned by oracle, root?

From: Thomas Kyte <tkyte_at_us.oracle.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 16:00:45 GMT
Message-ID: <37a97a6b.104443131@newshost.us.oracle.com>

A copy of this was sent to andreyNSPAM_at_bookexchange.net (NetComrade) (if that email address didn't require changing) On Thu, 29 Jul 1999 15:13:53 GMT, you wrote:

>Hi,
>
>We just realized that we have about 4 Gigs in that directory mostly
>owned by Oracle. I realize this must be a directory where processes
>store some data. But can anybody elaborate on them?
>
>Thanx

/proc is a 'fake' directory -- its not real. don't play with it. the 'files' in /proc map to process ids.

do a

$ man proc

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