On Mon, 03 Feb 2003 01:51:44 EST, "Serge E. Hallyn" <hallynat_private> said: > (*) Every process sees it's own results at the same filename, so typing > echo /home/$USER/.aliases > /dte/get_type > cat /dte/get_type > at a shell returns the (non-existant) results for the new 'cat' process, > not the shell. It's fine if you continue to use a short program to both > write the query and obtain the results, but you don't get the > plan-9-esque elegance which a pseudo-fs should provide. Since > presumably everyone will be implementing a pseudo-fs soon, and since it > seems worthwhile for the modules to each use a similar layout for the > pseudo-fs, what do other people think? Is a /pseudo-fs/pid/filename > layout better, or just needless added complexity? /pseudo/pid/filename - you then DO have to implement proper permission checking, but authorized tools can then use it to look at other processes. There's already an expectation that things Should Work This Way (see /proc). -- Valdis Kletnieks Computer Systems Senior Engineer Virginia Tech
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