RE: [CentOS] can i copy /proc

/proc isn't a real folder but a view of the process/kernel status information. Just skip /proc, /sys and /dev when copying / -Ross From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of chloe K Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 1:11 PM

Re: [CentOS] can i copy /proc

chloe K wrote: Hi all i am trying to copy this folder /proc to other computer but all parameter are gone how can I copy it? its not a folder, its a virtual file system thats a view into various kernel internals. for instance, /proc/kcore is a readonly view of all of physical memory. /

RE: [CentOS] can i copy /proc

yes. but i want to copy this file to have the parameter setting in this computer eg: cpuinfo ... interrupt how can I copy this file? thank you again "Ross S. W. Walker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: /proc isn't a real folder but a view of the process/kernel status information. Just

Re: [CentOS] can i copy /proc

chloe K wrote: yes. but i want to copy this file to have the parameter setting in this computer eg: cpuinfo ... interrupt how can I copy this file? which part of THEY ARE NOT FILES are you missing here? thats the kernel reporting the ACTUAL cpuinfo. you can''t change that. ditto int

Re: [CentOS] can i copy /proc

mkdir proc cp /proc/cpuinfo proc works for me. So just out of curiosity, what do you hope to accomplish? John R Pierce wrote: chloe K wrote: yes. but i want to copy this file to have the parameter setting in this computer eg: cpuinfo ... interrupt how can I copy this file? which pa

Re: [CentOS] can i copy /proc

chloe K wrote: yes. but i want to copy this file to have the parameter setting in this computer eg: cpuinfo ... interrupt cat /proc/whatever > /somefolder/whatever You can't copy /proc. -- H | It's not a bug - it's an undocumented feature. +---