On 06/14/13 19:19, Mike Frysinger wrote: > This covers the type:[inode] syntax used in this dir. Thanks, Mike. I've applied this, with some tweaks. See the version in Git. Cheers, Michael > Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > man5/proc.5 | 15 +++++++++++++-- > 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/man5/proc.5 b/man5/proc.5 > index 5ecdd87..05675b2 100644 > --- a/man5/proc.5 > +++ b/man5/proc.5 > @@ -220,13 +220,24 @@ with the > .I \-inum > option can be used to locate the file. > .TP > -.I /proc/[pid]/fd > +.I /proc/[pid]/fd/ > This is a subdirectory containing one entry for each file which the > process has open, named by its file descriptor, and which is a > symbolic link to the actual file. > Thus, 0 is standard input, 1 standard output, 2 standard error, etc. > > -.\" The following was still true as at kernel 2.6.13 > +For fds open to non-files, they will be symlinks to the type with the inode. > +A > +.BR readlink (2) > +call on this file returns a string in the format: > +.br > + type:[inode] > +.br > +For example, socket:[2248868] will be a socket and its inode is 2248868. > +For sockets, that inode can be used to find more info in one of the files under > +.IR /proc/net/ . > + > +.\"The following was still true as at kernel 2.6.13 > In a multithreaded process, the contents of this directory > are not available if the main thread has already terminated > (typically by calling > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
