From: roberts@decsun3.cray.com Subject: /proc inquiry Date: 5 Jan 1993 18:34:47 CST
I've been trying to use the proc filesystem and have a small problem.
I am using linux 0.99 pl1, but I get the same results with pl0.
I am mounting /proc with the command
mount -t proc /proc /proc
which works fine, I can "cd /proc" and see directories for each process.
However, when I go into any of these, the links point nowhere:
cwd -> ---
exe -> ---
root -> ---
Doing a "cd cwd" leaves me in the same place. Same thing goes for the
links in the "fd" directory and "lib" directory. Am I correct in thinking
that the link should point to the actual files or directories? I am
doing all this as root, so there shouldn't be any permission problems.
I've searched the FAQ but I couldn't find an answer there. Any help
here would be much appreciated.
Mike Roberts