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From: paul@xciv.org (Paul Civati)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Re: Question 2: /procfs and /kernfs
Date: 6 Jun 1997 20:17:37 GMT
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In article <5n68tl$6fg@innocence.interface-business.de>,
	j@ida.interface-business.de (J Wunsch) writes:

>> But ps does work if you're not using procfs, so what does having a
>> procfs enable ps to do differently/better?
> 
> Does it also show you the process' start time, and the full proc title
> without it?  Mine doesn't.

Ahh, I see.  I hadn't actually noticed that before now.

-Paul-