Gentoo:/proc

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The proc directory contains files and directories that represent kernel information and sometimes allow you to configure kernel variables. Integer entries (/PID) hold information about the process ID they're named after. Many files can be piped to files or commands like cat to obtain information while other common commands use these files to retrieve information.

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• /#'s ==> /PID about the currently running process with the matching ID.
• /acpi Information for the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface.
• /bus Contains information about installed buses.
• /cmdline Contains commands passed to the kernel during boot.
• /config.gz A zipped copy of your configuration file.
• /cpuinfo Contains information about each processor.
• /crypto Listing of supported ciphers.
• /devices Listing of character and block devices.
• /diskstats Information about disk usage and other statistics.
• /dma Listing of Direct Memory Access lines in use.
• /driver Contains driver information.
• /execdomains Lists supported execution domains.
• /fb Contains frame buffer information.
• /filesystems Listing of filesystems the kernel is aware of.
• /fs Information about current filesystems.
• /ide Information about IDE bus/devices/drivers.
• /interrupts Count of interrupts for each IRQ.
• /iomem Mapping of Input/Output MEMory.
• /ioports Listing of registered ports.
• /irq Information about Interrupt ReQuest lines.
• /kcore Represents the physical memory of the computer and has a file size slightly larger.
• /kmsg Allows access to Kernel logging MeSsaGes.
• /loadavg Listing of process queues and other statistics.
• /locks Listing of locked files.
• /mdstat Information about RAID devices.
• /meminfo Listing of MEMory INFOrmation, how much is free.
• /misc Information that doesn't fit elsewhere.
• /modules Kernel modules currently loaded.
• /mounts Information about what devices are mounted.
• /mtrr Information about Memory Type Range Registers.
• /net Information about networking.
• /partitions Information about hard drive partitions.
• /sched_debug Runtime scheduler information.
• /scsi Information about SCSI bus/devices/drivers.
• /self Information about the currently running process.
• /slabinfo Kernel cache information.
• /stat Kernel STATistics.
• /swaps Information about swap space being used.
• /sys Contains files and directories relating to (often) changeable system variables.
• /sysrq-trigger
• /sysvipc Information about System Virtual Inter-Process Communication resources.
• /timer_list Information about current clocks and timers.
• /tty Information about tty terminal drivers.
• /uptime Amount of time the computer has been on and how much the computer has idled.
• /version Version of the kernel.
• /vmcore Information about the Virtual Memory CORE.
• /vmstat Virtual Memory STATistics.
• /zoneinfo ZONEs of memory INFOrmation.

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