muhyb@programming.dev to linuxmasterrace@feddit.deEnglish · 1 year agoI like how htop has a little warning about uptimei.imgur.comimagemessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up15arrow-down1imageI like how htop has a little warning about uptimei.imgur.commuhyb@programming.dev to linuxmasterrace@feddit.deEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square9fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaremuhyb@programming.devOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoBy ghost file do you mean something in /tmp? Also that seems fun, where can I find that file?
minus-squarefedops 💙💛@fosstodon.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year ago@muhyb I don’t know what a ghost file would be but you’re probably looking for /proc/uptime. Which you can read but obviously not write to. @cy_narrator
minus-squaremuhyb@programming.devOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoOh, I guess they implied I edited that file. Also I checked /proc/uptime and indeed it is read-only. Thanks for the info.
minus-squarecy_narrator@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoBy ghost files I meant files inside /proc /sys /dev that does not exist when OS is not booted
By ghost file do you mean something in /tmp? Also that seems fun, where can I find that file?
@muhyb I don’t know what a ghost file would be but you’re probably looking for /proc/uptime. Which you can read but obviously not write to.
@cy_narrator
Ooh
Oh, I guess they implied I edited that file. Also I checked /proc/uptime and indeed it is read-only. Thanks for the info.
By ghost files I meant files inside /proc /sys /dev that does not exist when OS is not booted