> Am 19.03.2015 um 11:51 schrieb Esteban Lorenzano <esteba...@gmail.com>:
> 
> 
>> On 19 Mar 2015, at 11:35, Julien Delplanque <jul...@tamere.eu> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> On 19/03/15 11:10, Esteban Lorenzano wrote:
>>> '/proc/uptime' asFileReference readStreamDo: [ :stream | stream contents ].
>>> 
>>> is better way.
>>> 
>>> but you will still get an empty string because actually ‘/proc’ does not 
>>> contains real files… so the file plugin does not applies there (and is 
>>> another debate if it should…)
>>> 
>>> you should use OSProcess instead (installable from Configurations Browser)
>>> 
>>> (PipeableOSProcess command: 'uptime') upToEndOfFile.
>>> 
>>> Esteban
>> Oh, I didn't know '/proc' doesn't contains real files. I tought there
>> were files in this directory since you do 'cat /proc/uptime' in a shell.
> 
> that’s the O.S. cheating you :)
> 
Can you elaborate on that statement. What is a "real" file and why are the 
files in /proc not real?

Norbert



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