I like how htop has a little warning about uptimei.imgur.comimage muhyb ( @muhyb@programming.dev ) linuxmasterrace@feddit.deEnglish • 1 year ago message-square7fedilinkarrow-up17
arrow-up17imageI like how htop has a little warning about uptimei.imgur.com muhyb ( @muhyb@programming.dev ) linuxmasterrace@feddit.deEnglish • 1 year ago message-square7fedilink
minus-square muhyb ( @muhyb@programming.dev ) OPlinkfedilinkEnglish1•10 months agoBy ghost file do you mean something in /tmp? Also that seems fun, where can I find that file?
minus-square fedops 💙💛 ( @fedops@fosstodon.org ) linkfedilink2•10 months ago@muhyb I don’t know what a ghost file would be but you’re probably looking for /proc/uptime. Which you can read but obviously not write to. @cy_narrator
minus-square muhyb ( @muhyb@programming.dev ) OPlinkfedilinkEnglish1•10 months agoOh, I guess they implied I edited that file. Also I checked /proc/uptime and indeed it is read-only. Thanks for the info.
minus-square cy_narrator ( @cy_narrator@discuss.tchncs.de ) linkfedilinkEnglish1•10 months agoBy ghost files I meant files inside /proc /sys /dev that does not exist when OS is not booted
By ghost file do you mean something in /tmp? Also that seems fun, where can I find that file?
@muhyb I don’t know what a ghost file would be but you’re probably looking for /proc/uptime. Which you can read but obviously not write to.
@cy_narrator
Ooh
Oh, I guess they implied I edited that file. Also I checked /proc/uptime and indeed it is read-only. Thanks for the info.
By ghost files I meant files inside /proc /sys /dev that does not exist when OS is not booted