E.5. Additional Resources
Below are additional sources of information about the
proc file system.
Installable Documentation
/usr/share/doc/kernel-doc-kernel_version/Documentation/— This directory, which is provided by the kernel-doc package, contains documentation about theprocfile system. Before accessing the kernel documentation, you must run the following command as root:~]#
yum install kernel-doc/usr/share/doc/kernel-doc-kernel_version/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt— Contains assorted, but limited, information about all aspects of the/proc/directory./usr/share/doc/kernel-doc-kernel_version/Documentation/sysrq.txt— An overview of System Request Key options./usr/share/doc/kernel-doc-kernel_version/Documentation/sysctl/— A directory containing a variety ofsysctltips, including modifying values that concern the kernel (kernel.txt), accessing file systems (fs.txt), and virtual memory use (vm.txt)./usr/share/doc/kernel-doc-kernel_version/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt— A detailed overview of IP networking options.
