On 09/16/2013 12:33 AM, Arun M Kumar wrote: > What is the significance of the directory named root inside /proc/<pid> ? > > ex: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > arunkumar@arun-ThinkPad-Edge-E530:/proc/2543/root$ ls > > bin cdrom etc initrd.img lib media opt root > sbin srv tmp var vmlinuz.old > boot dev home initrd.img.old lost+found mnt proc run selinux > sys usr vmlinuz > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > _______________________________________________ > Kernelnewbies mailing list > Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies It keeps record of all data (system level) , resources and parameters for that process . You can get more idea here : https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies