procfs procfs - MacFUSE-Based Process File System for Mac OS X
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procfs - MacFUSE-Based Process File System for Mac OS X procfs is a free MacFUSE-Based Process File System for Mac OS X.The process file system ("procfs" for brevity, or simply "/proc", because that's where it is usually mounted) has become a common entity on Unix-like systems. For example, Solaris, Linux, and the various modern BSDs all have procfs. In general, procfs uses the file metaphor to provide both a view of currently running processes and perhaps an interface to control them.Mac OS X does not provide a process file system. It does provide alternative interfaces such as sysctl(3) and the now obsolete kvm(3). The sysctl(3) interface provides read and write access to a management information base (MIB) whose contents are various categories of kernel information, such as information related to processes, networking, file systems, virtual memory, and debugging inprocfs makes heavy use of the Mach programming interfaces. Moreover, the implementation uses a set of macros that depend on the C++ version of the pcre (Perl Compatible Regular Expressions) library. The macros are meant to make it easier to extend the file system.

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