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From: Robert W. <rj...@du...> - 2005-03-15 17:44:19
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> >You often can't seek on stuff in /proc - is maps any different? > > > /proc/<pid>/maps is seekable. In fact, all the file-like-files are > seekable, I think. Maybe maps is special or this is a recent feature? The stuff that ganglia looks at (like loadavg) definitely isn't seekable on all the platforms it cares to support, so it has to open them each time. --=20 Robert Walsh Amalgamated Durables, Inc. - "We don't make the things you buy." Email: rj...@du... |