PROCFS(5) File Formats Manual PROCFS(5) NAME procfs -- process file system SYNOPSIS proc /proc procfs rw 0 0 DESCRIPTION The process file system, or procfs, implements a view of the system process table inside the file system. It is normally mounted on /proc. The procfs provides a two-level view of process space, unlike the previous FreeBSD 1.1 procfs implementation. At the highest level, processes them- selves are named, according to their process ids in decimal, with no lead- ing zeros. There is also a special node called curproc which always refers to the process making the lookup request. Each node is a directory which contains the following entries: dbregs The debug registers as defined by struct dbregs in <machine/reg.h>. dbregs is currently only implemented on the i386 architecture. etype The type of the executable referenced by the file entry. file A symbolic link to the file from which the process text was read. This can be used to gain access to the process' symbol table, or to start another copy of the process. If the file cannot be found, the link target is `unknown'. fpregs The floating point registers as defined by struct fpregs in <machine/reg.h>. fpregs is only implemented on machines which have distinct general purpose and floating point register sets. map A map of the process' virtual memory. mem The complete virtual memory image of the process. Only those ad- dress which exist in the process can be accessed. Reads and writes to this file modify the process. Writes to the text segment remain private to the process. note Used for sending signals to the process. Not implemented. notepg Used for sending signal to the process group. Not implemented. osrel Allows read and write of the kernel osrel value assigned to the process. It affects the compatibility shims that are turned on and off depending on the value. Initial process value is read from the ABI note tag in the executed ELF image, and is zero if the tag not supported by binary format or was not found. regs Allows read and write access to the process' register set. This file contains a binary data structure struct regs defined in <machine/reg.h>. regs can only be written when the process is stopped. rlimit This is a read-only file containing the process current and maximum limits. Each line is of the format rlimit current max, with -1 in- dicating infinity. status The process status. This file is read-only and returns a single line containing multiple space-separated fields as follows: * command name * process id * parent process id * process group id * session id * device name of the controlling terminal, or a minus sign ("-") if there is no controlling terminal. * a list of process flags: ctty if there is a controlling termi- nal, sldr if the process is a session leader, noflags if nei- ther of the other two flags are set. * the process start time in seconds and microseconds, comma sepa- rated. * the user time in seconds and microseconds, comma separated. * the system time in seconds and microseconds, comma separated. * the wait channel message * the process credentials consisting of the effective user id and the list of groups (whose first member is the effective group id) all comma separated. * the hostname of the jail in which the process runs, or `-' to indicate that the process is not running within a jail. Each node is owned by the process's user, and belongs to that user's pri- mary group. FILES /proc normal mount point for the procfs. /proc/pid directory containing process information for process pid. /proc/curproc directory containing process information for the current process /proc/curproc/cmdline the process executable name /proc/curproc/etype executable type /proc/curproc/file executable image /proc/curproc/fpregs the process floating point register set /proc/curproc/map virtual memory map of the process /proc/curproc/mem the complete virtual address space of the process /proc/curproc/note used for signaling the process /proc/curproc/notepg used for signaling the process group /proc/curproc/osrel the process osrel value /proc/curproc/regs the process register set /proc/curproc/rlimit the process current and maximum rlimit /proc/curproc/status the process' current status EXAMPLES To mount a procfs file system on /proc: mount -t procfs proc /proc SEE ALSO procstat(1), mount(2), sigaction(2), unmount(2), pseudofs(9) AUTHORS This manual page written by Garrett Wollman, based on the description pro- vided by Jan-Simon Pendry, and revamped later by Mike Pritchard. FreeBSD 12.2 March 4, 2017 PROCFS(5)
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