On Thu, 2003-06-26 at 20:45, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> tirumal b <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>
> > hello,
> >
> > i have tried to create files in /proc but i am not
> > able to do so. This is the code i have written and it
> > generates some errors.
> >
>
> /proc isn't a 'real' file system. It's a virtual representation of your
> machine/os environment and kernel, and gives you some access to ongoing
> operations. Under most conditions you cannot write to that directory.
>
> best
> rickf
Upon initial inspection, the code seems valid. I'm guessing the problem
is that creating entries in /proc can only be done by kernel code. This
is not kernel code, it's application code.
> > #include<stdio.h>
> > #include<sys/types.h>
> > #include<linux/proc_fs.h>
> > main()
> > {
> > const char* name="CPU";
> > mode_t mode=444;
> > struct proc_dir_entry *l;
> > l=create_proc_entry(name,mode,NULL);
> > }
> >
> > gcc -c example.c
> > In file included from example.c:3:
> > /usr/include/linux/proc_fs.h:70: parse error before
> > "atomic_t"
> > /usr/include/linux/proc_fs.h:72: parse error before
> > "rdev"
> > /usr/include/linux/proc_fs.h:187: parse error before
> > "kdev_t"
> > /usr/include/linux/proc_fs.h:203: parse error before
> > "void"
> >
> > i have tried to include linux/kdev_t.h and
> > asm/atomic.h but the errors persist. could anyone tell
> > me what is the problem.
> >
> > Thank you
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