General question

[dpellegrini]

I've noticed that when looking for certain directories or file locations, I get some very unique directory structures. For example, I'm looking for the location of FTP folders, I get a result such as \\proc\self\root\proc\self\root\proc\self\root\proc\self\root\proc\self\root\proc\self\root\proc\self\root\proc\self\root\proc\self\root\proc\self\root\proc\self\root\proc\self\root\proc\self\root\proc\self\root\proc\self\root\proc\1\root\usr\bin
The search gives over 100 results, all with similar or the same paths.
Does anyone have an explination for this type of structure?
Thanks,
Domenick

Domenick Pellegrini
dpellegrini@yahoo.com

 

[ifincham]

Hi,

The /proc filesystem is really an interface to system memory and doesn't really exist as such. It is created when you boot the system and disappears when you close down. To see what I mean compare these:

df /usr
df /proc

You will note that no space is consumed by the proc filesystem at all. If you're interested in /proc have a read of this -->

http://hardware.redhat.com/redhatready/HOWTO/hardware/production/proc.html

Regards

 

[dpellegrini]

So it's almost like cache memory then?

Domenick Pellegrini
dpellegrini@yahoo.com

 

[marsd]

/proc allows you a user space interface with real time
kernel parameters and runtime info.
Very useful.

 

[dpellegrini]

Ok, that makes sense. Also, is there an X-Windows type interface for a MSWindows PC to attach to a Linux box? Or is this done only view Telnet, Webmin, or a Terminal Emulator (Reflections, etc.)

Domenick Pellegrini
dpellegrini@yahoo.com

 

[marsd]

There are windows X emulators but i know of no OpenSrc projects off the top of my head, and there is VNC of course.;-)

 

[ifincham]

Hi,

Apart from vnc (as previously discussed) what you can do is get windows software that supports X. Probably the best known is Exceed from hummingbird -->

http://www.hummingbird.com/products/nc/exceed/index.html

. There is also winaxe -->

http://www.labf.com/winaxe/index.html

amongst others.

The opensource choice would be the cygwin XFree86 from -->

http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/xfree/

. Cygwin is an entire linux 'command line' environment that you can install on a windows box.

Regards

 

[dpellegrini]

Thanks,
I'll check them out. I found one called X-WIN32 5.1.4, but I'm not getting a desktop. I'm checking into the config to see what's wrong.

Domenick Pellegrini
dpellegrini@yahoo.com

 

[MikeLacey]

you can use XFree86 (the Linux X) on windows if you install cygnus Mike
michael.j.lacey@ntlworld.com
Email welcome if you're in a hurry or something -- but post in tek-tips as well please, and I will post my reply here as well.

 

[dpellegrini]

Thanks for the info, this is what I'm looking for.


Domenick Pellegrini
dpellegrini@yahoo.com