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Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: file-4.15-3
On Sep 8 06:45, Eric Blake wrote:
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> According to Corinna Vinschen on 9/7/2005 4:35 AM:
> > I've updated the version of file to 4.15-3.
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> > This release is supposed to solve problems examining binary files
> > on textmode mounts.
>
> I don't know if this is a regression, or exposing a bug with cygwin's
> virtual file handling, but with a recent snapshot:
>
> $ file /proc/$$/ppid
> /proc/164/ppid: empty
> $ cat /proc/$$/ppid
> 3904
>
> Hmm - if cat(1) can see contents, why does file(1) treat it as empty?
> Maybe it's a cygwin bug after all, since the size is being reported as 0:
>
> $ ls -l /proc/$$/ppid
> - -r--r--r-- 1 eblake None 0 Sep 8 06:40 /proc/164/ppid
>
> If stat() can't easily determine file sizes in /proc, then it might be
> better to report those files as a different file type rather than regular
> files.
$ uname -sr
Linux 2.6.12.5
$ ls -l /proc/self/
total 0
-r-------- 1 corinna users 0 Sep 8 14:55 auxv
-r--r--r-- 1 corinna users 0 Sep 8 14:55 cmdline
lrwxrwxrwx 1 corinna users 0 Sep 8 14:55 cwd -> /home/corinna
-r-------- 1 corinna users 0 Sep 8 14:55 environ
lrwxrwxrwx 1 corinna users 0 Sep 8 14:55 exe -> /bin/ls
dr-x------ 2 corinna users 0 Sep 8 14:55 fd
-r--r--r-- 1 corinna users 0 Sep 8 14:55 maps
-rw------- 1 corinna users 0 Sep 8 14:55 mem
-r--r--r-- 1 corinna users 0 Sep 8 14:55 mounts
-rw-r--r-- 1 corinna users 0 Sep 8 14:55 oom_adj
-r--r--r-- 1 corinna users 0 Sep 8 14:55 oom_score
lrwxrwxrwx 1 corinna users 0 Sep 8 14:55 root -> /
-rw------- 1 corinna users 0 Sep 8 14:55 seccomp
-r--r--r-- 1 corinna users 0 Sep 8 14:55 stat
-r--r--r-- 1 corinna users 0 Sep 8 14:55 statm
-r--r--r-- 1 corinna users 0 Sep 8 14:55 status
dr-xr-xr-x 3 corinna users 0 Sep 8 14:55 task
-r--r--r-- 1 corinna users 0 Sep 8 14:55 wchan
$ file /proc/self/mem
/proc/self/mem: empty
Corinna
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