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Old 09-05-2002, 08:38 AM   #1
Stephanie
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/dev and /proc

OK, what about this. Is the /dev and /proc file generated at boot time, or are they always there and they get filled in.

For example, if I were to boot into Windoze and read my file system, would they still be visible?
 
Old 09-05-2002, 08:44 AM   #2
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the /dev files are always there

the /proc folder is there, but it would be empty unless the proc filesystem was mounted on it.
 
  


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