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diff --git a/man5/proc.5 b/man5/proc.5 index 431a9dbb49..60f812e51d 100644 --- a/man5/proc.5 +++ b/man5/proc.5 @@ -59,11 +59,11 @@ .\" .TH PROC 5 2007-11-30 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" .SH NAME -proc \- process information pseudo-filesystem +proc \- process information pseudo-file system .SH DESCRIPTION The .I proc -filesystem is a pseudo-filesystem which is used as an interface to +file system is a pseudo-file system which is used as an interface to kernel data structures. It is commonly mounted at .IR /proc . @@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ and .TP .I /proc/[number]/root Unix and Linux support the idea of a per-process root of the -filesystem, set by the +file system, set by the .BR chroot (2) system call. This file is a symbolic link that points to the process's @@ -634,19 +634,19 @@ Frame buffer information when is defined during kernel compilation. .TP .I /proc/filesystems -A text listing of the filesystems which are supported by the kernel, -namely filesystems which were compiled into the kernel or whose kernel +A text listing of the file systems which are supported by the kernel, +namely file systems which were compiled into the kernel or whose kernel modules are currently loaded. (See also .BR filesystems (5).) -If a filesystem is marked with "nodev", +If a file system is marked with "nodev", this means that it does not require a block device to be mounted -(e.g., virtual filesystem, network filesystem). +(e.g., virtual file system, network file system). Incidentally, this file may be used by .BR mount (8) -when no filesystem is specified and it didn't manage to determine the -filesystem type. -Then filesystems contained in this file are tried +when no file system is specified and it didn't manage to determine the +file system type. +Then file systems contained in this file are tried (excepted those that are marked with "nodev"). .TP .I /proc/fs @@ -1043,7 +1043,7 @@ With the \fIlockup\fP and \fIunlock\fP commands, root can control bus lockups simulated by the scsi_debug driver. .TP .I /proc/self -This directory refers to the process accessing the /proc filesystem, +This directory refers to the process accessing the /proc file system, and is identical to the /proc directory named by the process ID of the same process. .TP @@ -1335,9 +1335,9 @@ for details. These files allow you to change the value of the fixed UID and GID. The default is 65534. -Some filesystems only support 16-bit UIDs and GIDs, although in Linux +Some file systems only support 16-bit UIDs and GIDs, although in Linux UIDs and GIDs are 32 bits. -When one of these filesystems is mounted +When one of these file systems is mounted with writes enabled, any UID or GID that would exceed 65535 is translated to the overflow value before being written to disk. .TP @@ -1375,15 +1375,15 @@ attempting to debug problems in a normal environment. .I /proc/sys/fs/super-max This file controls the maximum number of superblocks, and -thus the maximum number of mounted filesystems the kernel +thus the maximum number of mounted file systems the kernel can have. You only need to increase super-max if you need to -mount more filesystems than the current value in super-max +mount more file systems than the current value in super-max allows you to. .TP .I /proc/sys/fs/super-nr This file -contains the number of filesystems currently mounted. +contains the number of file systems currently mounted. .TP .I /proc/sys/kernel This directory contains files @@ -1408,7 +1408,7 @@ This file contains three numbers: highwater, lowwater and frequency. If BSD-style process accounting is enabled these values control its behavior. -If free space on filesystem where the log lives +If free space on file system where the log lives goes below lowwater percent accounting suspends. If free space gets above highwater percent accounting resumes. |