On 18/11/2011 17:18, Michael Sierchio wrote: > On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 8:59 AM, Daniel Staal <dst...@usa.net> wrote: > >> > /proc is a file on /. /proc/* are files on /proc. The former is still on >> > the root filesystem (if only as a directory stub to be used as a >> > mountpoint), so reading it isn't leaving that filesystem. Reading >> > anything *in* it would be. >> > >> > Just a thought.
> And a good one. Yes, that's it. It isn't crossing the mount point,
> but the mount point is part of the root filesystem.
I find it quite astonishing that /proc would deliberately behave
differently to *every other* filesystem available. The mountpoint
should belong to the filesystem mounted on it.
Cheers,
Matthew
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