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@@ -1,77 +0,0 @@ -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -1. Introduction -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - - This program is called procfs, the /proc translator. This -program provides a GNU/Linux compatible /proc pseudo file- -system on GNU Hurd. This is called a translator since it -translates the process related information stored in the -MACH Microkernel which is made available through the proc -server and the libps library into a virtual filesystem. - -~~~~~~~ -2. Goal -~~~~~~~ - - The major goal of writing this translator was to make the -process related tools like pgrep, pkill, kill which are -packaged in procps, killall, pstree which are packaged in -psmisc and various other process related tools that rely -on GNU/Linux's /proc filesystem to run out of the box on -Hurd. - -~~~~~~~~~~ -3. Install -~~~~~~~~~~ - - To install this translator you can simply do the following. -Just cd to the top level directory of the hurd main source -tree. Run the configure script with the following command. -(In BASH) - -$ ./configure - -(If your shell is something else run the equivalent command). - -Now you can run make with procfs as a parameter if you want -to build only procfs. - -$ make procfs - -(This first builds all the dependencies of procfs and then -builds procfs as a part of Hurd main source tree.) - -After building the translator, you get a binary named procfs. -You need to set it as a translator. To do so you can type the -following command from the top level directory of Hurd main -source tree directory from where you ran make. - -$ settrans -fgap /proc procfs/procfs - -Viola! You are done setting up the translator. - -~~~~~~~~~~ -4. Testing -~~~~~~~~~~ - - Now in case you want to use the debian hurd binaries to work -with tools like pgrep, pkill, kill, htop etc, you can just -download the binaries which I have uploaded here: - -http://madhusudancs.info/procfs-testing-how-to-mini - -The patches to the source packages will be made available soon. - -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -5. Reporting Bugs and contacts -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - - I request all of you to help me in identifying the bugs in -procfs or in the procps or htop packages, so that I can fix -them. You are also free to submit patches if you feel so. The -patches can be sent either to bug-hurd mailing list or to my -e-mail adress. The e-mail IDs are as follows: - -bug-hurd@gnu.org -madhusudancs@gmail.com -madhusudan@madhusudancs.info |