Re: Yet another design for /proc. Or actually /kernel.

[Daniel R. Warner]

Erik Hensema wrote:

> Here's my go at a new design for /proc. I designed it from a userland
> point of view and tried not to drown myself into details.

<snip>

> - Multiple values per file when needed
> 	A file is a two dimensional array: it has lines and every line
> 	can consist of multiple fields.
> 	A good example of this is the current /proc/mounts.
> 	This can be parsed very easily in all languages.

> 	No need for single-value files, that's oversimplification.
<snip>

This is fine for reading, but it makes it harder for humans to change 
values in /proc - eg, echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_ecn

-D