What is the purpose of the /proc filesystem in Linux?
Saturday, 05 August 2023
by EITCA Academy
The /proc filesystem in Linux serves a important role in providing a dynamic interface to access and manipulate information about processes and system resources. It is a virtual filesystem that resides in memory and does not correspond to a physical device or storage medium. Instead, it acts as a gateway to view and modify various
- Published in Cybersecurity, EITC/IS/LSA Linux System Administration, Linux filesystem, The /proc filesystem, Examination review
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Cybersecurity, Filesystem, Kernel Parameters, Linux, Process Information, System Resources

