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<?xml version="1.0" encoding='UTF-8'?>
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<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V4.5//EN"
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"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd">
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<sect1 id="using-specialnames"><title>Special filenames</title>
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<sect2 id="pathnames-etc"><title>Special files in /etc</title>
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<para>Certain files in Cygwin's <filename>/etc</filename> directory are
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read by Cygwin before the mount table has been established. The list
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of files is</para>
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<screen>
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/etc/fstab
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/etc/fstab.d/$USER
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/etc/passwd
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/etc/group
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</screen>
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<para>These file are read using native Windows NT functions which have
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no notion of Cygwin symlinks or POSIX paths. For that reason
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there are a few requirements as far as <filename>/etc</filename> is
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concerned.</para>
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<para>To access these files, the Cygwin DLL evaluates it's own full
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Windows path, strips off the innermost directory component and adds
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"\etc". Let's assume the Cygwin DLL is installed as
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<filename>C:\cygwin\bin\cygwin1.dll</filename>. First the DLL name as
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well as the innermost directory (<filename>bin</filename>) is stripped
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off: <filename>C:\cygwin\</filename>. Then "etc" and the filename to
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look for is attached: <filename>C:\cygwin\etc\fstab</filename>. So the
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/etc directory must be parallel to the directory in which the cygwin1.dll
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exists and <filename>/etc</filename> must not be a Cygwin symlink
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pointing to another directory. Consequentially none of the files from
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the above list, including the directory <filename>/etc/fstab.d</filename>
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is allowed to be a Cygwin symlink either.</para>
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<para>However, native NTFS symlinks and reparse points are transparent
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when accessing the above files so all these files as well as
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<filename>/etc</filename> itself may be NTFS symlinks.</para>
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<para>Last but not least, make sure that these files are world-readable.
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Every process of any user account has to read these files potentially,
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so world-readability is essential. The only exception are the user
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specific files <filename>/etc/fstab.d/$USER</filename>, which only have
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to be readable by the $USER user account itself.</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="pathnames-dosdevices"><title>Invalid filenames</title>
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<para>Filenames invalid under Win32 are not necessarily invalid under Cygwin.
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There are a few rules which apply to Windows filenames. Most notably, DOS
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device names like <filename>AUX</filename>, <filename>COM1</filename>,
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<filename>LPT1</filename> or <filename>PRN</filename> (to name a few)
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cannot be used as filename or extension in a native Win32 application.
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So filenames like <filename>prn.txt</filename> or <filename>foo.aux</filename>
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are invalid filenames for native Win32 applications.</para>
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<para>This restriction doesn't apply to Cygwin applications. Cygwin
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can create and access files with such names just fine. Just don't try
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to use these files with native Win32 applications.</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="pathnames-specialchars">
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<title>Forbidden characters in filenames</title>
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<para>Some characters are disallowed in filenames on Windows filesystems.
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These forbidden characters are the ASCII control characters from ASCII
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value 1 to 31, plus the following characters which have a special meaning
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in the Win32 API:</para>
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<screen>
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" * : < > ? | \
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</screen>
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<para>Cygwin can't fix this, but it has a method to workaround this
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restriction. All of the above characters, except for the backslash,
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are converted to special UNICODE characters in the range 0xf000 to 0xf0ff
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(the "Private use area") when creating or accessing files by adding 0xf000
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to the forbidden characters' code points.</para>
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<para>The backslash has to be exempt from this conversion, because Cygwin
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accepts Win32 filenames including backslashes as path separators on input.
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Converting backslashes using the above method would make this impossible.</para>
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<para>Additionally Win32 filenames can't contain trailing dots and spaces
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for DOS backward compatibility. When trying to create files with trailing
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dots or spaces, all of them are removed before the file is created. This
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restriction only affects native Win32 applications. Cygwin applications
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can create and access files with trailing dots and spaces without problems.
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</para>
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<para>An exception from this rule are some network filesystems (NetApp,
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NWFS) which choke on these filenames. They return with an error like
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"No such file or directory" when trying to create such files. Cygwin
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recognizes these filesystems and works around this problem by applying
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the same rule as for the other forbidden characters. Leading spaces and
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trailing dots and spaces will be converted to UNICODE characters in the
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private use area. This behaviour can be switched on explicitely for a
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filesystem or a directory tree by using the mount option
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<literal>dos</literal>.</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="pathnames-unusual">
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<title>Filenames with unusual (foreign) characters</title>
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<para> Windows filesystems use Unicode encoded as UTF-16
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to store filename information. If you don't use the UTF-8
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character set (see <xref linkend="setup-locale"></xref>) then there's a
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chance that a filename is using one or more characters which have no
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representation in the character set you're using.</para>
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<note><para>In the default "C" locale, Cygwin creates filenames using
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the UTF-8 charset. This will always result in some valid filename by
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default, but again might impose problems when switching to a non-"C"
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or non-"UTF-8" charset.</para></note>
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<note><para>To avoid this scenario altogether, always use UTF-8 as the
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character set.</para></note>
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<para>If you don't want or can't use UTF-8 as character set for whatever
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reason, you will nevertheless be able to access the file. How does that
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work? When Cygwin converts the filename from UTF-16 to your character
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set, it recognizes characters which can't be converted. If that occurs,
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Cygwin replaces the non-convertible character with a special character
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sequence. The sequence starts with an ASCII CAN character (hex code
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0x18, equivalent Control-X), followed by the UTF-8 representation of the
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character. The result is a filename containing some ugly looking
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characters. While it doesn't <emphasis role='bold'>look</emphasis> nice, it
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<emphasis role='bold'>is</emphasis> nice, because Cygwin knows how to convert
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this filename back to UTF-16. The filename will be converted using your
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usual character set. However, when Cygwin recognizes an ASCII CAN
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character, it skips over the ASCII CAN and handles the following bytes as
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a UTF-8 character. Thus, the filename is symmetrically converted back to
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UTF-16 and you can access the file.</para>
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<note><para>Please be aware that this method is not entirely foolproof.
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In some character set combinations it might not work for certain native
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characters.</para>
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<para>Only by using the UTF-8 charset you can avoid this problem safely.
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</para></note>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="pathnames-casesensitive">
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<title>Case sensitive filenames</title>
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<para>In the Win32 subsystem filenames are only case-preserved, but not
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case-sensitive. You can't access two files in the same directory which
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only differ by case, like <filename>Abc</filename> and
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<filename>aBc</filename>. While NTFS (and some remote filesystems)
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support case-sensitivity, the NT kernel does not support it by default.
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Rather, you have to tweak a registry setting and reboot. For that reason,
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case-sensitivity can not be supported by Cygwin, unless you change that
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registry value.</para>
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<para>If you really want case-sensitivity in Cygwin, you can switch it
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on by setting the registry value</para>
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<screen>
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HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\kernel\obcaseinsensitive
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</screen>
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<para>to 0 and reboot the machine.</para>
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<note>
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<para>
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When installing Microsoft's Services For Unix (SFU), you're asked if
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you want to use case-sensitive filenames. If you answer "yes" at this point,
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the installer will change the aforementioned registry value to 0, too. So, if
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you have SFU installed, there's some chance that the registry value is already
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set to case sensitivity.
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</para>
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</note>
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<para>After you set this registry value to 0, Cygwin will be case-sensitive
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by default on NTFS and NFS filesystems. However, there are limitations:
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while two <emphasis role='bold'>programs</emphasis> <filename>Abc.exe</filename>
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and <filename>aBc.exe</filename> can be created and accessed like other files,
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starting applications is still case-insensitive due to Windows limitations
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and so the program you try to launch may not be the one actually started. Also,
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be aware that using two filenames which only differ by case might
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result in some weird interoperability issues with native Win32 applications.
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You're using case-sensitivity at your own risk. You have been warned! </para>
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<para>Even if you use case-sensitivity, it might be feasible to switch to
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case-insensitivity for certain paths for better interoperability with
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native Win32 applications (even if it's just Windows Explorer). You can do
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this on a per-mount point base, by using the "posix=0" mount option in
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<filename>/etc/fstab</filename>, or your <filename>/etc/fstab.d/$USER</filename>
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file.</para>
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<para><filename>/cygdrive</filename> paths are case-insensitive by default.
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The reason is that the native Windows %PATH% environment variable is not
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always using the correct case for all paths in it. As a result, if you use
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case-sensitivity on the <filename>/cygdrive</filename> prefix, your shell
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might claim that it can't find Windows commands like <command>attrib</command>
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or <command>net</command>. To ease the pain, the <filename>/cygdrive</filename>
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path is case-insensitive by default and you have to use the "posix=1" setting
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explicitly in <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> or
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<filename>/etc/fstab.d/$USER</filename> to switch it to case-sensitivity,
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or you have to make sure that the native Win32 %PATH% environment variable
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is using the correct case for all paths throughout.</para>
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<para>Note that mount points as well as device names and virtual
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paths like /proc are always case-sensitive! The only exception are
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the subdirectories and filenames under /proc/registry, /proc/registry32
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and /proc/registry64. Registry access is always case-insensitive.
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Read on for more information.</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="pathnames-casesensitivedirs">
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<title>Case sensitive directories</title>
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<para>Windows 10 1803 introduced a new feature: NTFS directories can be marked
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as case-sensitive, independently of the <literal>obcaseinsensitive</literal>
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registry key discussed in the previous section. This new per-directory
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case-sensitivity requires setting a flag in the NTFS filesystem header which
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is, unfortunately, undocumented. The result is that you have to activate
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<literal>Windows Subsystem for Linux</literal> (<literal>WSL</literal>), a
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feature available via <literal>Programs and Features</literal> ->
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<literal>Turn Windows features on or off</literal>. You only have to activate
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<literal>WSL</literal>, you don't have to install any actual Linux. After
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turning <literal>WSL</literal> on and performing the compulsory reboot,
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case-sensitive directories are activated.</para>
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<para>Of course, there's a drawback. While these case-sensitive directories
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work like charm on the local machine, there are massive interoperability
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problems when trying to access these directories from remote machines at
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the time of writing this. We opened a bug report for that at
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<ulink url="https://github.com/Microsoft/WSL/issues/3885">Microsoft's WSL issue tracker</ulink>,
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if you're interested in the details.</para>
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<note><para>If you want case-sensitivity and need interoperability with remote
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machines, better stick to switching the kernel to case-sensitivity as
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outlined in <xref linkend="pathnames-casesensitive"></xref></para></note>
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<para>With <literal>WSL</literal> activated and starting with Cygwin 3.0.0,
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Cygwin's <command>mkdir</command> system call automatically created all
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directories below the Cygwin installation directory as case-sensitive.
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With Cygwin 3.0.2, this feature had been disabled again for hopefully
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obvious reasons.</para>
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<para>However, you can still use Cygwin's new
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<xref linkend="chattr"></xref> tool with the <literal>-C</literal> option
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to control case-sensitivity of directories on NTFS filesystems.</para>
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<para>Please keep in mind that switching <emphasis>off</emphasis>
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case-sensitivity on a directory has a condition attached to it: If
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the directory contains two files which only differ in case (e. g.,
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<filename>foo</filename> and <filename>FOO</filename>), Windows
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refuses to convert the dir back to case-insensitive. First you have
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to fix the filename collision, i. e., you have to rename one of these
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files.</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="pathnames-posixdevices"> <title>POSIX devices</title>
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<para>While there is no need to create a POSIX <filename>/dev</filename>
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directory, the directory is automatically created as part of a Cygwin
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installation. It's existence is often a prerequisit to run certain
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applications which create symbolic links, fifos, or UNIX sockets in
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<filename>/dev</filename>. Also, the directories <filename>/dev/shm</filename>
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and <filename>/dev/mqueue</filename> are required to exist to use named POSIX
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semaphores, shared memory, and message queues, so a system without a real
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<filename>/dev</filename> directory is functionally crippled.
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</para>
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<para>Apart from that, Cygwin automatically simulates POSIX devices
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internally. The <filename>/dev</filename> directory is automagically
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populated with existing POSIX devices by Cygwin in a way comparable with a
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<ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udev">udev</ulink> based virtual
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<filename>/dev</filename> directory under Linux.</para>
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<para>
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Cygwin supports the following character devices commonly found on POSIX systems:
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</para>
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<screen>
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/dev/null
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/dev/zero
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/dev/full
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/dev/console Pseudo device name for the current console window of a session.
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Cygwin's /dev/console is not quite comparable with the console
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device on UNIX machines.
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/dev/cons0 Console sessions are numbered from /dev/cons0 upwards.
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/dev/cons1 Console device names are pseudo device names, only accessible
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... from processes within this very console session. This is due
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to a restriction in Windows.
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/dev/tty The current controlling tty of a session.
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/dev/ptmx Pseudo tty master device.
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/dev/pty0 Pseudo ttys are numbered from /dev/pty0 upwards as they are
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/dev/pty1 requested.
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...
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/dev/ttyS0 Serial communication devices. ttyS0 == Win32 COM1,
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/dev/ttyS1 ttyS1 == COM2, etc.
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...
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/dev/pipe
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/dev/fifo
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/dev/kmsg Kernel message pipe, for usage with sys logger services.
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/dev/random Random number generator.
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/dev/urandom
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/dev/dsp Default sound device of the system.
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</screen>
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<para>
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Cygwin also has several Windows-specific devices:
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</para>
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<screen>
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/dev/com1 The serial ports, starting with COM1 which is the same as ttyS0.
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/dev/com2 Please use /dev/ttySx instead.
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...
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/dev/conin Same as Windows CONIN$.
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/dev/conout Same as Windows CONOUT$.
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/dev/clipboard The Windows clipboard, text only
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/dev/windows The Windows message queue.
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</screen>
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<para>
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Block devices are accessible by Cygwin processes using fixed POSIX device
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names. These POSIX device names are generated using a direct conversion
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from the POSIX namespace to the internal NT namespace.
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E.g. the first harddisk is the NT internal device \device\harddisk0\partition0
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or the first partition on the third harddisk is \device\harddisk2\partition1.
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The first floppy in the system is \device\floppy0, the first CD-ROM is
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\device\cdrom0 and the first tape drive is \device\tape0.</para>
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<para>The mapping from physical device to the name of the device in the
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internal NT namespace can be found in various places. For hard disks and
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CD/DVD drives, the Windows "Disk Management" utility (part of the
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"Computer Management" console) shows that the mapping of "Disk 0" is
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\device\harddisk0. "CD-ROM 2" is \device\cdrom2. Another place to find
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this mapping is the "Device Management" console. Disks have a
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"Location" number, tapes have a "Tape Symbolic Name", etc.
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Unfortunately, the places where this information is found is not very
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well-defined.</para>
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<para>
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For external disks (USB-drives, CF-cards in a cardreader, etc) you can use
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Cygwin to show the mapping. <filename>/proc/partitions</filename>
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contains a list of raw drives known to Cygwin. The <command>df</command>
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command shows a list of drives and their respective sizes. If you match
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the information between <filename>/proc/partitions</filename> and the
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<command>df</command> output, you should be able to figure out which
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external drive corresponds to which raw disk device name.</para>
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<note><para>Apart from tape devices which are not block devices and are
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by default accessed directly, accessing mass storage devices raw
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is something you should only do if you know what you're doing and know how to
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handle the information. <emphasis role='bold'>Writing</emphasis> to a raw
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mass storage device you should only do if you
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<emphasis role='bold'>really</emphasis> know what you're doing and are aware
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of the fact that any mistake can destroy important information, for the
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device, and for you. So, please, handle this ability with care.
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<emphasis role='bold'>You have been warned.</emphasis></para></note>
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<para>
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Last but not least, the mapping from POSIX /dev namespace to internal
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NT namespace is as follows:
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</para>
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<screen>
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POSIX device name Internal NT device name
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/dev/st0 \device\tape0, rewind
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/dev/nst0 \device\tape0, no-rewind
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/dev/st1 \device\tape1
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/dev/nst1 \device\tape1
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...
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/dev/st15
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/dev/nst15
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/dev/fd0 \device\floppy0
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/dev/fd1 \device\floppy1
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...
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/dev/fd15
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/dev/sr0 \device\cdrom0
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/dev/sr1 \device\cdrom1
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...
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/dev/sr15
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/dev/scd0 \device\cdrom0
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/dev/scd1 \device\cdrom1
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...
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/dev/scd15
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/dev/sda \device\harddisk0\partition0 (whole disk)
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/dev/sda1 \device\harddisk0\partition1 (first partition)
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...
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/dev/sda15 \device\harddisk0\partition15 (fifteenth partition)
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/dev/sdb \device\harddisk1\partition0
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/dev/sdb1 \device\harddisk1\partition1
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[up to]
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/dev/sddx \device\harddisk127\partition0
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/dev/sddx1 \device\harddisk127\partition1
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...
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/dev/sddx15 \device\harddisk127\partition15
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</screen>
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<para>
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if you don't like these device names, feel free to create symbolic
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links as they are created on Linux systems for convenience:
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</para>
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<screen>
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ln -s /dev/sr0 /dev/cdrom
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ln -s /dev/nst0 /dev/tape
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...
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</screen>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="pathnames-exe"><title>The .exe extension</title>
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<para>Win32 executable filenames end with <filename>.exe</filename>
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but the <filename>.exe</filename> need not be included in the command,
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so that traditional UNIX names can be used. However, for programs that
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end in <filename>.bat</filename> and <filename>.com</filename>, you
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cannot omit the extension. </para>
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<para>As a side effect, the <command> ls filename</command> gives
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information about <filename>filename.exe</filename> if
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<filename>filename.exe</filename> exists and <filename>filename</filename>
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does not. In the same situation the function call
|
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<function>stat("filename",..)</function> gives information about
|
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<filename>filename.exe</filename>. The two files can be distinguished
|
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by examining their inodes, as demonstrated below.
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<screen>
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<prompt>bash$</prompt> <userinput>ls * </userinput>
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a a.exe b.exe
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<prompt>bash$</prompt> <userinput>ls -i a a.exe</userinput>
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445885548 a 435996602 a.exe
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<prompt>bash$</prompt> <userinput>ls -i b b.exe</userinput>
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432961010 b 432961010 b.exe
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</screen>
|
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If a shell script <filename>myprog</filename> and a program
|
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<filename>myprog.exe</filename> coexist in a directory, the shell
|
|
script has precedence and is selected for execution of
|
|
<command>myprog</command>. Note that this was quite the reverse up to
|
|
Cygwin 1.5.19. It has been changed for consistency with the rest of Cygwin.
|
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</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>The <command>gcc</command> compiler produces an executable named
|
|
<filename>filename.exe</filename> when asked to produce
|
|
<filename>filename</filename>. This allows many makefiles written
|
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for UNIX systems to work well under Cygwin.</para>
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</sect2>
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|
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<sect2 id="pathnames-proc"><title>The /proc filesystem</title>
|
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<para>
|
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Cygwin, like Linux and other similar operating systems, supports the
|
|
<filename>/proc</filename> virtual filesystem. The files in this
|
|
directory are representations of various aspects of your system,
|
|
for example the command <userinput>cat /proc/cpuinfo</userinput>
|
|
displays information such as what model and speed processor you have.
|
|
</para>
|
|
<para>
|
|
One unique aspect of the Cygwin <filename>/proc</filename> filesystem
|
|
is <filename>/proc/registry</filename>, see next section.
|
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</para>
|
|
<para>
|
|
The Cygwin <filename>/proc</filename> is not as complete as the
|
|
one in Linux, but it provides significant capabilities. The
|
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<systemitem>procps</systemitem> package contains several utilities
|
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that use it.
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</para>
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<refentry id="proc">
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<refentryinfo>
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<date>2020-11-24</date>
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<author>Cygwin Project</author>
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</refentryinfo>
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<refmeta>
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<refentrytitle>proc</refentrytitle>
|
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<manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
|
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<refmiscinfo class='date'>2020-11-24</refmiscinfo>
|
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<refmiscinfo class='source'>Cygwin</refmiscinfo>
|
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<refmiscinfo class='manual'>Cygwin User's Manual</refmiscinfo>
|
|
</refmeta>
|
|
|
|
<refnamediv>
|
|
<refname>proc</refname>
|
|
<refpurpose>process and system information pseudo-filesystem</refpurpose>
|
|
</refnamediv>
|
|
|
|
<refsect1 id='proc-desc'>
|
|
<title>Description</title>
|
|
<para>The <filename>proc</filename> filesystem is a pseudo-filesystem
|
|
which provides an interface to Cygwin data structures.
|
|
It is commonly mounted at <filename>/proc</filename>.
|
|
Typically, it is mounted automatically by the system.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<refsect2 id='proc-overview'>
|
|
<title>Overview</title>
|
|
<para>Underneath <filename>/proc</filename>, there are the following
|
|
general groups of files and subdirectories:
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist remap='TP'>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><filename>/proc/<emphasis remap='I'>[pid]</emphasis></filename> subdirectories</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Each one of these subdirectories contains files and
|
|
subdirectories exposing information about the process with the
|
|
corresponding process id.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>The <filename>/proc/<emphasis remap='I'>[pid]</emphasis></filename> subdirectories are
|
|
visible when iterating through <filename>/proc</filename> with
|
|
<citerefentry>
|
|
<refentrytitle>readdir</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum>
|
|
</citerefentry>
|
|
(and thus are visible when one uses
|
|
<citerefentry>
|
|
<refentrytitle>ls</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
|
|
</citerefentry>
|
|
to view the contents of <filename>/proc</filename>).
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><filename>/proc/self</filename></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>When a process accesses this magic symbolic link, it resolves
|
|
to the process's own <filename>/proc/<emphasis remap='I'>[pid]</emphasis></filename> directory.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><filename>/proc/<emphasis remap='I'>[a-z]*</emphasis></filename></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Various other files and subdirectories under
|
|
<filename>/proc</filename> expose system-wide information.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
<para>All of the above are described in more detail below.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</refsect2>
|
|
|
|
<refsect2 id='proc-files-and-directories'>
|
|
<title>Files and directories</title>
|
|
<para>
|
|
The following list provides details of many of the files
|
|
and directories under the <filename>/proc</filename> hierarchy.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist remap='TP'>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><filename>/proc/<emphasis remap='I'>[pid]</emphasis></filename></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
There is a numerical subdirectory for each running
|
|
process; the subdirectory is named by the process id.
|
|
Each <filename>/proc/<emphasis remap='I'>[pid]</emphasis></filename> subdirectory
|
|
contains the pseudo-files and directories described below.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>The files inside each <filename>/proc/<emphasis remap='I'>[pid]</emphasis></filename>
|
|
directory are normally owned by the effective user and
|
|
effective group id of the process.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><filename>/proc/<emphasis remap='I'>[pid]</emphasis>/cmdline</filename></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>This read-only file holds the complete command line for the
|
|
process, unless the process is a zombie.
|
|
In the latter case, there is nothing in this file: that is, a
|
|
read on this file will return 0 characters.
|
|
The command-line arguments appear in this file as a set of
|
|
strings followed by null bytes ('\0').
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><filename>/proc/<emphasis remap='I'>[pid]</emphasis>/ctty</filename></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
This read-only file holds the name of the console or control
|
|
terminal device for the process, unless the process is detached
|
|
from any terminal.
|
|
In the latter case, there is only a newline in this file.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><filename>/proc/<emphasis remap='I'>[pid]</emphasis>/cwd</filename></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
This is a symbolic link to the current working directory of the
|
|
process.
|
|
To find out the current working directory of process 20, for
|
|
instance, you can do this:
|
|
|
|
<screen>
|
|
<prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>cd /proc/20/cwd; /bin/pwd</userinput>
|
|
</screen>
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>Note that the <emphasis remap='I'>pwd</emphasis> command
|
|
is often a shell built-in, and might not work properly. In
|
|
<citerefentry>
|
|
<refentrytitle>bash</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
|
|
</citerefentry>,
|
|
you may use <userinput>pwd -P</userinput>.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><filename>/proc/<emphasis remap='I'>[pid]</emphasis>/environ</filename></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
This read-only file contains the current environment that may
|
|
have been changed by the currently executing program.
|
|
The entries are separated by null bytes ('\0'),
|
|
and there may be a null byte at the end.
|
|
Thus, to print out the environment of process 1, you would do:
|
|
|
|
<screen>
|
|
<prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>cat -A /proc/1/environ</userinput>
|
|
</screen>
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>If, after an
|
|
<citerefentry>
|
|
<refentrytitle>execve</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum>
|
|
</citerefentry>,
|
|
the process modifies its environment (e.g., by calling
|
|
functions such as
|
|
<citerefentry>
|
|
<refentrytitle>putenv</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
|
|
</citerefentry>
|
|
or modifying the
|
|
<citerefentry>
|
|
<refentrytitle>environ</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum>
|
|
</citerefentry>
|
|
variable directly), this file will reflect those changes.
|
|
That may not be the case on other systems such as Linux.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><filename>/proc/<emphasis remap='I'>[pid]</emphasis>/exe</filename></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
This file is a symbolic link containing the actual pathname of
|
|
the executed command.
|
|
This symbolic link can be dereferenced normally; attempting to
|
|
open it will open the executable.
|
|
You can even type <filename>/proc/<emphasis remap='I'>[pid]</emphasis>/exe</filename>
|
|
to run another copy of the same executable that is being run by
|
|
process <emphasis remap='I'>[pid]</emphasis>.
|
|
<filename>/proc/<emphasis remap='I'>[pid]</emphasis>/exe</filename> is a pointer to
|
|
the binary which was executed, and appears as a symbolic link.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><filename>/proc/<emphasis remap='I'>[pid]</emphasis>/exename</filename></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
This read-only file contains the actual pathname of the executed
|
|
command.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><filename>/proc/<emphasis remap='I'>[pid]</emphasis>/fd/</filename></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
This is a subdirectory containing one entry for each
|
|
file which the process has open, named by its file
|
|
descriptor, and which is a symbolic link to the actual
|
|
file.
|
|
Thus, 0 is standard input, 1 standard output, 2 standard
|
|
error, and so on.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>
|
|
For file descriptors for pipes and sockets, the entries will
|
|
be symbolic links whose content is the file type with the
|
|
inode. A
|
|
<citerefentry>
|
|
<refentrytitle>readlink</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum>
|
|
</citerefentry>
|
|
call on this file returns a string in the format:
|
|
<literal>type:<emphasis remap='I'>[inode]</emphasis></literal>
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>For example, <literal>socket:[2248868]</literal>
|
|
will be a socket and its inode is 2248868.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>
|
|
Programs that take a filename as a command-line argument, but
|
|
don't take input from standard input if no argument is supplied,
|
|
and programs that write to a file named as a command-line
|
|
argument, but don't send their output to standard output if no
|
|
argument is supplied, can nevertheless be made to use standard
|
|
input or standard output by using
|
|
<filename>/proc/<emphasis remap='I'>[pid]</emphasis>/fd</filename> files as command-line
|
|
arguments.
|
|
For example, assuming that <option>-i</option> is the flag
|
|
designating an input file and <option>-o</option> is the flag
|
|
designating an output file:
|
|
|
|
<screen>
|
|
<prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>foobar -i /proc/self/fd/0 -o /proc/self/fd/1 ...</userinput>
|
|
</screen>
|
|
|
|
and you have a working filter.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<para><filename>/proc/self/fd/N</filename> is approximately
|
|
the same as <filename>/dev/fd/N</filename> in some Unix
|
|
and Unix-like systems.
|
|
Most Linux <command>makedev</command> scripts symbolically
|
|
link <filename>/dev/fd</filename> to
|
|
<filename>/proc/self/fd</filename>, in fact.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>Most systems provide symbolic links
|
|
<filename>/dev/stdin</filename>,
|
|
<filename>/dev/stdout</filename>, and
|
|
<filename>/dev/stderr</filename>, which respectively link
|
|
to the files <literal>0</literal>, <literal>1</literal>,
|
|
and <literal>2</literal> in <filename>/proc/self/fd</filename>.
|
|
Thus the example command above could be written as:
|
|
|
|
<screen>
|
|
<prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>foobar -i /dev/stdin -o /dev/stdout ...</userinput>
|
|
</screen>
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>
|
|
Note that for file descriptors referring to inodes (pipes and
|
|
sockets, see above), those inodes still have permission bits and
|
|
ownership information distinct from those of the
|
|
<filename>/proc/<emphasis remap='I'>[pid]</emphasis>/fd</filename> entry, and that the
|
|
owner may differ from the user and group ids of the process.
|
|
An unprivileged process may lack permissions to open them, as in
|
|
this example:
|
|
|
|
<screen>
|
|
<prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>echo test | sudo -u nobody cat</userinput>
|
|
<computeroutput>test</computeroutput>
|
|
<prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>echo test | sudo -u nobody cat /proc/self/fd/0</userinput>
|
|
<computeroutput>cat: /proc/self/fd/0: Permission denied</computeroutput>
|
|
</screen>
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>
|
|
File descriptor 0 refers to the pipe created by the shell and
|
|
owned by that shell's user, which is not
|
|
<literal>nobody</literal>, so <command>cat</command>
|
|
does not have permission to create a new file descriptor to
|
|
read from that inode, even though it can still read from its
|
|
existing file descriptor 0.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><filename>/proc/<emphasis remap='I'>[pid]</emphasis>/gid</filename></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
This read-only file contains the primary group id for the
|
|
process.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><filename>/proc/<emphasis remap='I'>[pid]</emphasis>/maps</filename></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
A file containing the currently mapped memory regions and their
|
|
access permissions. See
|
|
<citerefentry>
|
|
<refentrytitle>mmap</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum>
|
|
</citerefentry>
|
|
for some further information about memory mappings.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>The format of the file is:
|
|
|
|
<screen>
|
|
<emphasis remap='I'>address perms offset dev inode pathname</emphasis>
|
|
<computeroutput>
|
|
00010000-00020000 rw-s 00000000 0000:0000 0 [win heap 1 default shared]
|
|
...
|
|
00080000-00082000 rw-p 00000000 0000:0000 0 [win heap 0 default grow]
|
|
00082000-0009A000 ===p 00002000 0000:0000 0 [win heap 0 default grow]
|
|
000A0000-000A1000 rw-p 00000000 0000:0000 0 [win heap 2 grow]
|
|
000A1000-000BA000 ===p 00001000 0000:0000 0 [win heap 2 grow]
|
|
000C0000-000D9000 rw-p 00000000 0000:0000 0 [win heap 0 default grow]
|
|
000D9000-001C0000 ===p 00019000 0000:0000 0 [win heap 0 default grow]
|
|
00200000-00377000 ===p 00000000 0000:0000 0
|
|
00377000-00378000 rw-p 00177000 0000:0000 0 [peb]
|
|
00378000-0037A000 rw-p 00178000 0000:0000 0 [teb (tid 8844)]
|
|
...
|
|
00400000-005F9000 ===p 00000000 0000:0000 0 [stack (tid 8884)]
|
|
005F9000-005FC000 rw-g 001F9000 0000:0000 0 [stack (tid 8884)]
|
|
005FC000-00600000 rw-p 001FC000 0000:0000 0 [stack (tid 8884)]
|
|
00600000-006C7000 r--s 00000000 EE45:4341 281474976741117 /proc/cygdrive/c/Windows/System32/locale.nls
|
|
...
|
|
100400000-100401000 r--p 00000000 EE45:4341 281474978095037 /usr/bin/sh.exe
|
|
100401000-100413000 r-xp 00001000 EE45:4341 281474978095037 /usr/bin/sh.exe
|
|
100413000-100414000 rw-p 00013000 EE45:4341 281474978095037 /usr/bin/sh.exe
|
|
...
|
|
180010000-180020000 rw-s 00000000 0000:0000 0 [procinfo]
|
|
180020000-180029000 rw-s 00000000 0000:0000 0 [cygwin-user-shared]
|
|
180030000-18003C000 rw-s 00000000 0000:0000 0 [cygwin-shared]
|
|
180040000-180041000 r--p 00000000 EE45:4341 2251799814294868 /usr/bin/cygwin1.dll
|
|
180041000-18022D000 r-xp 00001000 EE45:4341 2251799814294868 /usr/bin/cygwin1.dll
|
|
18022D000-180231000 rwxp 001ED000 EE45:4341 2251799814294868 /usr/bin/cygwin1.dll
|
|
180231000-18026A000 rw-p 001F1000 EE45:4341 2251799814294868 /usr/bin/cygwin1.dll
|
|
...
|
|
800000000-800090000 rw-p 00000000 0000:0000 0 [heap]
|
|
800090000-820000000 ===p 00090000 0000:0000 0 [heap]
|
|
7FF4FDEB0000-7FF4FDEB5000 r--s 00000000 0000:0000 0
|
|
7FF4FDEB5000-7FF4FDFB0000 ===s 00005000 0000:0000 0
|
|
7FF4FDFB0000-7FF5FDFD0000 ===p 00000000 0000:0000 0
|
|
...
|
|
7FFBEEAC0000-7FFBEEAC1000 r--p 00000000 EE45:4341 844424934724994 /proc/cygdrive/c/Windows/System32/kernel32.dll
|
|
7FFBEEAC1000-7FFBEEB36000 r-xp 00001000 EE45:4341 844424934724994 /proc/cygdrive/c/Windows/System32/kernel32.dll
|
|
7FFBEEB36000-7FFBEEB68000 r--p 00076000 EE45:4341 844424934724994 /proc/cygdrive/c/Windows/System32/kernel32.dll
|
|
7FFBEEB68000-7FFBEEB6A000 rw-p 000A8000 EE45:4341 844424934724994 /proc/cygdrive/c/Windows/System32/kernel32.dll
|
|
7FFBEEB6A000-7FFBEEB72000 r--p 000AA000 EE45:4341 844424934724994 /proc/cygdrive/c/Windows/System32/kernel32.dll
|
|
...
|
|
</computeroutput>
|
|
</screen>
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>The <literal>address</literal> field is the address
|
|
space in the process that the mapping occupies.
|
|
The <literal>perms</literal> field is a set of permissions:
|
|
|
|
<variablelist termlength="4">
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>r</term><listitem><para>read</para></listitem>
|
|
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>w</term><listitem><para>write</para></listitem>
|
|
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>x</term><listitem><para>execute</para></listitem>
|
|
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>===</term><listitem><para>reserved</para></listitem>
|
|
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>s</term><listitem><para>shared</para></listitem>
|
|
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>g</term><listitem><para>guard</para></listitem>
|
|
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>p</term><listitem><para>private</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>The <literal>offset</literal> field is the offset
|
|
into the file/whatever;
|
|
<literal>dev</literal> is the device (major:minor);
|
|
<literal>inode</literal> is the inode on that device.
|
|
0 indicates that no inode is associated with the memory
|
|
region, as would be the case with BSS (uninitialized data).
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>The <literal>pathname</literal> field will usually
|
|
be the file that is backing the mapping.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>There are additional helpful pseudo-paths:
|
|
<variablelist remap='TP'>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>[<literal>cygwin-shared</literal>]</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Global shared Cygwin process information.</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>[<literal>cygwin-user-shared</literal>]</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Global shared Cygwin user information.</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>[<literal>peb</literal>]</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Windows Process Environment Block.</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>[<literal>procinfo</literal>]</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Cygwin process information.</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>[<literal>shared-user-data</literal>]</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Shared user information.</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>[<literal>heap</literal>]</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>The process's heap.</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>[<literal>stack</literal>]</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
The initial process's (also known as the main
|
|
thread's) stack.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>[<literal>stack</literal>
|
|
(tid <literal><tid></literal>)]
|
|
</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
A thread's stack (where the
|
|
<literal><tid></literal> is a thread id).
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>[<literal>teb</literal>
|
|
(tid <literal><tid></literal>)]
|
|
</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Windows Thread Environment Block (where
|
|
<literal><tid></literal> is a thread id).
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>[<literal>win heap <n>
|
|
default shared exec grow noserial debug</literal>]
|
|
</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Windows extended heap (where
|
|
<literal><n></literal> is a heap id)
|
|
and the rest of the words are heap flags:
|
|
|
|
<variablelist termlength="8" remap='TP'>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><literal>default</literal></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>default heap flags</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><literal>shared</literal></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>shareable and mapped heap flags</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><literal>exec</literal></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>executable heap flag</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><literal>grow</literal></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>growable heap flag</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><literal>noserial</literal></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>do not serialize heap flag</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><literal>debug</literal></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>debugged heap flag</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>If the <filename>pathname</filename> field is blank,
|
|
this is an anonymous mapping as obtained via
|
|
<citerefentry>
|
|
<refentrytitle>mmap</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum>
|
|
</citerefentry>.
|
|
There is no easy way to coordinate this back to a process's
|
|
source, short of running it through
|
|
<citerefentry>
|
|
<refentrytitle>gdb</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
|
|
</citerefentry>,
|
|
<citerefentry>
|
|
<refentrytitle>strace</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
|
|
</citerefentry>,
|
|
or similar.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>
|
|
<filename>pathname</filename> is shown unescaped except
|
|
for newline characters, which are replaced with an
|
|
octal escape sequence.
|
|
As a result, it is not possible to determine whether the
|
|
original <filename>pathname</filename> contained a newline
|
|
character or the literal <literal>\e012</literal>
|
|
character sequence.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>
|
|
If the mapping is file-backed and the file has been deleted,
|
|
the string "<literal> (deleted)</literal>"
|
|
is appended to the <filename>pathname</filename>.
|
|
Note that this is ambiguous too.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><filename>/proc/<emphasis remap='I'>[pid]</emphasis>/mountinfo</filename></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
This file contains information about mount points in the
|
|
process's mount namespace (see
|
|
<citerefentry>
|
|
<refentrytitle>mount_namespaces</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum>
|
|
</citerefentry>).
|
|
It supplies various information (e.g., propagation state, root
|
|
of mount for bind mounts, identifier for each mount and its
|
|
parent) that is missing from the (older)
|
|
<filename>/proc/<emphasis remap='I'>[pid]</emphasis>/mounts</filename>
|
|
file, and fixes various other problems with that file (e.g.,
|
|
nonextensibility, failure to distinguish per-mount versus
|
|
per-superblock options).
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>The file contains lines of the form:</para>
|
|
|
|
<screen>
|
|
<computeroutput>
|
|
36 35 98:0 /mnt1 /mnt2 rw,noatime master:1 - ext3 /dev/root rw,errors=continue
|
|
(1)(2)(3) (4) (5) (6) (?) (7) (8) (9) (10)
|
|
</computeroutput>
|
|
</screen>
|
|
|
|
<para>
|
|
The numbers in parentheses are labels for the descriptions below:
|
|
|
|
<variablelist termlength="4" remap='TP'>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>(1)</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>mount id: a unique id for the mount (may be reused after
|
|
<citerefentry>
|
|
<refentrytitle>umount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum>
|
|
</citerefentry>).
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>(2)</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>parent id: the id of the parent mount (or of self for
|
|
the root of this mount namespace's mount tree).
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>(3)</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para><emphasis remap="B">major</emphasis><literal>:</literal><emphasis remap="B">minor</emphasis>:
|
|
the value of <literal>st_dev</literal>
|
|
for files on this filesystem (see
|
|
<citerefentry>
|
|
<refentrytitle>stat</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum>
|
|
</citerefentry>).
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>(4)</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>root: the pathname of the directory in the filesystem
|
|
which forms the root of this mount.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>(5)</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>mount point: the pathname of the mount point relative to
|
|
the process's root directory.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>(6)</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>mount options: per-mount options (see
|
|
<citerefentry>
|
|
<refentrytitle>mount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum>
|
|
</citerefentry>).
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>(?)</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>optional fields: zero or more fields of the form
|
|
"<emphasis>tag</emphasis><literal>[:</literal><emphasis>value</emphasis><literal>]</literal>";
|
|
see below.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>(7)</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>separator: the end of the optional fields is marked by a
|
|
single hyphen.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>(8)</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>filesystem type: the filesystem type in the form
|
|
"<emphasis>type</emphasis><literal>[.</literal><emphasis>subtype</emphasis><literal>]</literal>".
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>(9)</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>mount source: filesystem-specific information or
|
|
"<literal>none</literal>".
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>(10)</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>super options: per-superblock options (see
|
|
<citerefentry>
|
|
<refentrytitle>mount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum>
|
|
</citerefentry>).
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><filename>/proc/<emphasis remap='I'>[pid]</emphasis>/mounts</filename></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
This file lists all the filesystems currently mounted in the
|
|
process's mount namespace (see
|
|
<citerefentry>
|
|
<refentrytitle>mount_namespaces</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum>
|
|
</citerefentry>).
|
|
The format of this file is documented in
|
|
<citerefentry>
|
|
<refentrytitle>fstab</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
|
|
</citerefentry>.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><filename>/proc/<emphasis remap='I'>[pid]</emphasis>/pgid</filename></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
This read-only file contains the process group id for the
|
|
process.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><filename>/proc/<emphasis remap='I'>[pid]</emphasis>/ppid</filename></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
This read-only file contains the parent process id for the
|
|
process.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><filename>/proc/<emphasis remap='I'>[pid]</emphasis>/root</filename></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
UNIX and Linux support the idea of a per-process root of the
|
|
filesystem, set by the
|
|
<citerefentry>
|
|
<refentrytitle>chroot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum>
|
|
</citerefentry> system call.
|
|
This file is a symbolic link that points to the process's root
|
|
directory, and behaves in the same way as
|
|
<filename>exe</filename>, and
|
|
<filename>fd/*</filename>.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><filename>/proc/<emphasis remap='I'>[pid]</emphasis>/sid</filename></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
This read-only file contains the session id for the process.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><filename>/proc/<emphasis remap='I'>[pid]</emphasis>/stat</filename></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Status information about the process.
|
|
This is used by some implementations of
|
|
<citerefentry>
|
|
<refentrytitle>ps</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
|
|
</citerefentry>.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>
|
|
The fields, in order, with their proper
|
|
<citerefentry>
|
|
<refentrytitle>scanf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
|
|
</citerefentry> format specifiers, are listed below.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist remap='TP'>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>(1) <emphasis remap='I'>pid</emphasis> %d</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>The process id.</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>(2) <emphasis remap='I'>comm</emphasis> %s</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
The filename of the executable, in parentheses.
|
|
This is visible whether or not the executable is swapped
|
|
out.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>(3) <emphasis remap='I'>state</emphasis> %c</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
One of the following characters, indicating process state:
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist termlength="2">
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>R</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Runnable</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>O</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Running</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>S</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Sleeping in an interruptible wait</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>D</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Waiting in uninterruptible disk sleep</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>Z</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Zombie</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>T</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Stopped (on a signal) or trace stopped</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>(4) <emphasis remap='I'>ppid</emphasis> %d</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>The PID of the parent of this process.</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>(5) <emphasis remap='I'>pgrp</emphasis> %d</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>The process group id of the process.</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>(6) <emphasis remap='I'>session</emphasis> %d</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>The session id of the process.</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>(7) <emphasis remap='I'>tty_nr</emphasis> %d</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
The controlling terminal of the process.
|
|
(The minor device number is contained in the combination
|
|
of bits 31 to 20 and 7 to 0; the major device number is in
|
|
bits 15 to 8.)
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>(8) <emphasis remap='I'>tpgid</emphasis> %d</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
The id of the foreground process group of the controlling
|
|
terminal of the process.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>(9) <emphasis remap='I'>flags</emphasis> %u</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>The kernel flags word of the process.</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>(10) <emphasis remap='I'>minflt</emphasis> %lu</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
The number of minor faults the process has made which have
|
|
not required loading a memory page from disk.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>(11) <emphasis remap='I'>cminflt</emphasis> %lu</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
The number of minor faults that the process's waited-for
|
|
children have made.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>(12) <emphasis remap='I'>majflt</emphasis> %lu</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
The number of major faults the process has made which have
|
|
required loading a memory page from disk.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>(13) <emphasis remap='I'>cmajflt</emphasis> %lu</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
The number of major faults that the process's waited-for
|
|
children have made.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>(14) <emphasis remap='I'>utime</emphasis> %lu</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Amount of time that this process has been scheduled in
|
|
user mode, measured in clock ticks (divide by
|
|
<literal>sysconf(_SC_CLK_TCK)</literal>).
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>(15) <emphasis remap='I'>stime</emphasis> %lu</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Amount of time that this process has been scheduled in
|
|
kernel mode, measured in clock ticks (divide by
|
|
<literal>sysconf(_SC_CLK_TCK)</literal>).
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>(16) <emphasis remap='I'>cutime</emphasis> %ld</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Amount of time that this process's waited-for children
|
|
have been scheduled in user mode, measured in clock ticks
|
|
(divide by <literal>sysconf(_SC_CLK_TCK)</literal>).
|
|
(See also
|
|
<citerefentry>
|
|
<refentrytitle>times</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum>
|
|
</citerefentry>).
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>(17) <emphasis remap='I'>cstime</emphasis> %ld</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Amount of time that this process's waited-for children
|
|
have been scheduled in kernel mode, measured in clock
|
|
ticks (divide by <literal>sysconf(_SC_CLK_TCK)</literal>).
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>(18) <emphasis remap='I'>priority</emphasis> %ld</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
For processes running a real-time scheduling policy
|
|
(<emphasis remap='I'>policy</emphasis> below; see
|
|
<citerefentry>
|
|
<refentrytitle>sched_setscheduler</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum>
|
|
</citerefentry>),
|
|
this is the negated scheduling priority, minus one; that
|
|
is, a number in the range -2 to -100, corresponding to
|
|
real-time priorities 1 to 99. For processes running
|
|
under a non-real-time scheduling policy, this is the raw
|
|
nice value
|
|
(<citerefentry>
|
|
<refentrytitle>setpriority</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum>
|
|
</citerefentry>)
|
|
as represented in the kernel.
|
|
The kernel stores nice values as numbers in the range 0
|
|
(high) to 39 (low), corresponding to the user-visible nice
|
|
range of -20 to 19.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>(19) <emphasis remap='I'>nice</emphasis> %ld</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
The nice value (see
|
|
<citerefentry>
|
|
<refentrytitle>setpriority</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum>
|
|
</citerefentry>), a value in the range 19 (low priority)
|
|
to -20 (high priority).
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>(20) <emphasis remap='I'>num_threads</emphasis> %ld</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Number of threads in this process. Currently shown as 0.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>(21) <emphasis remap='I'>itrealvalue</emphasis> %ld</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
The time in jiffies before the next
|
|
<literal>SIGALRM</literal>
|
|
is sent to the process due to an interval timer.
|
|
This field is no longer maintained, and is hard coded as 0.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>(22) <emphasis remap='I'>starttime</emphasis> %llu</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
The time the process started after system boot.
|
|
The value is expressed in clock ticks (divide by
|
|
<literal>sysconf(_SC_CLK_TCK)</literal>).
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>(23) <emphasis remap='I'>vsize</emphasis> %lu</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Virtual memory size in bytes.</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>(24) <emphasis remap='I'>rss</emphasis> %ld</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Resident Set Size: number of pages the process has in real
|
|
memory.
|
|
This is just the pages which count toward text, data, or
|
|
stack space.
|
|
This does not include pages which have not been
|
|
demand-loaded in, or which are swapped out.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>(25) <emphasis remap='I'>rsslim</emphasis> %lu</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Current soft limit in bytes on the rss of the process; see
|
|
the description of <literal>RLIMIT_RSS</literal> in
|
|
<citerefentry>
|
|
<refentrytitle>getrlimit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum>
|
|
</citerefentry>.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><filename>/proc/<emphasis remap='I'>[pid]</emphasis>/statm</filename></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Provides information about memory usage, measured in pages.
|
|
The columns are:
|
|
|
|
<variablelist termlength="12">
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>(1) size</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>total program size
|
|
(same as VmSize in <filename>/proc/<emphasis remap='I'>[pid]</emphasis>/status</filename>)</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>(2) resident</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>resident set size
|
|
(same as VmRSS in <filename>/proc/<emphasis remap='I'>[pid]</emphasis>/status</filename>)</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>(3) shared</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>number of resident shared pages
|
|
(i.e., backed by a file) (same as RssFile+RssShmem in
|
|
<filename>/proc/<emphasis remap='I'>[pid]</emphasis>/status</filename>)</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>(4) text</term>
|
|
<listitem><para>text (code)</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>(5) lib</term>
|
|
<listitem><para>library</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>(6) data</term>
|
|
<listitem><para>data + stack</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>(7) dt</term>
|
|
<listitem><para>dirty pages (always 0)</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><filename>/proc/<emphasis remap='I'>[pid]</emphasis>/status</filename></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Provides much of the information in
|
|
<filename>/proc/<emphasis remap='I'>[pid]</emphasis>/stat</filename> and
|
|
<filename>/proc/<emphasis remap='I'>[pid]</emphasis>/statm</filename>
|
|
in a format that's easier for humans to parse.
|
|
Here's an example:
|
|
|
|
<screen>
|
|
<prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>cat /proc/$$/status</userinput>
|
|
<computeroutput>
|
|
Name: bash
|
|
Umask: 0022
|
|
State: S (sleeping)
|
|
Tgid: 17248
|
|
Pid: 17248
|
|
PPid: 17200
|
|
Uid: 1000 1000 1000 1000
|
|
Gid: 100 100 100 100
|
|
VmSize: 131168 kB
|
|
VmLck: 0 kB
|
|
VmRSS: 13484 kB
|
|
VmData: 10332 kB
|
|
VmStk: 136 kB
|
|
VmExe: 992 kB
|
|
VmLib: 2104 kB
|
|
SigPnd: 0000000000000000
|
|
SigBlk: 0000000000010000
|
|
SigIgn: 0000000000384004
|
|
</computeroutput>
|
|
</screen>
|
|
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>The fields are as follows:
|
|
<itemizedlist remap='IP+bullet'>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<emphasis remap='I'>Name</emphasis>:
|
|
Command run by this process.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<emphasis remap='I'>Umask</emphasis>:
|
|
Process umask, expressed in octal with a leading zero; see
|
|
<citerefentry>
|
|
<refentrytitle>umask</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum>
|
|
</citerefentry>.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<emphasis remap='I'>State</emphasis>:
|
|
Current state of the process.
|
|
One of:
|
|
|
|
<variablelist termlength="2" remap='TP'>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>R</term>
|
|
<listitem><para>runnable</para></listitem>
|
|
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>O</term>
|
|
<listitem><para>running</para></listitem>
|
|
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>S</term>
|
|
<listitem><para>sleeping</para></listitem>
|
|
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>D</term>
|
|
<listitem><para>disk sleep</para></listitem>
|
|
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>T</term>
|
|
<listitem><para>stopped or tracing stop</para></listitem>
|
|
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>Z</term>
|
|
<listitem><para>zombie</para></listitem>
|
|
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<emphasis remap='I'>Tgid</emphasis>:
|
|
Thread group id (i.e., Process id).
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<emphasis remap='I'>Pid</emphasis>:
|
|
Thread id (see
|
|
<citerefentry>
|
|
<refentrytitle>gettid</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum>
|
|
</citerefentry>).
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<emphasis remap='I'>PPid</emphasis>:
|
|
PID of parent process.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<emphasis remap='I'>Uid</emphasis>,
|
|
<emphasis remap='I'>Gid</emphasis>:
|
|
Real, effective, saved set, and filesystem UIDs (GIDs).
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<emphasis remap='I'>VmSize</emphasis>:
|
|
Virtual memory size.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<emphasis remap='I'>VmLck</emphasis>:
|
|
Locked memory size (see
|
|
<citerefentry>
|
|
<refentrytitle>mlock</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum>
|
|
</citerefentry>).
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<emphasis remap='I'>VmRSS</emphasis>:
|
|
Resident set size.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<emphasis remap='I'>VmData</emphasis>,
|
|
<emphasis remap='I'>VmStk</emphasis>,
|
|
<emphasis remap='I'>VmExe</emphasis>:
|
|
Size of data, stack, and text segments.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<emphasis remap='I'>VmLib</emphasis>:
|
|
Shared library code size.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<emphasis remap='I'>SigPnd</emphasis>:
|
|
Number of signals pending for process as a whole (see
|
|
<citerefentry>
|
|
<refentrytitle>pthreads</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum>
|
|
</citerefentry> and
|
|
<citerefentry>
|
|
<refentrytitle>signal</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>).
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<emphasis remap='I'>SigBlk</emphasis>,
|
|
<emphasis remap='I'>SigIgn</emphasis>:
|
|
Masks indicating signals being blocked and ignored (see
|
|
<citerefentry>
|
|
<refentrytitle>signal</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum>
|
|
</citerefentry>).
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</itemizedlist>
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><filename>/proc/<emphasis remap='I'>[pid]</emphasis>/uid</filename></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
This read-only file contains the user id for the process.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><filename>/proc/<emphasis remap='I'>[pid]</emphasis>/winexename</filename></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
This read-only file contains the Windows pathname of the
|
|
executed command.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><filename>/proc/<emphasis remap='I'>[pid]</emphasis>/winpid</filename></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
This read-only file contains the Windows process id for the
|
|
process.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><filename>/proc/cpuinfo</filename></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
This is a collection of CPU and system architecture dependent
|
|
items, for each supported architecture a different list.
|
|
Two common entries are <emphasis remap='I'>processor</emphasis>
|
|
which gives CPU number and
|
|
<emphasis remap='I'>bogomips</emphasis>, a system constant
|
|
that is calculated during kernel initialization.
|
|
SMP machines have information for each CPU.
|
|
The
|
|
<citerefentry>
|
|
<refentrytitle>lscpu</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
|
|
</citerefentry>
|
|
command gathers its information from this file.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><filename>/proc/cygdrive</filename></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
This file is a symbolic link that points to the user's
|
|
Windows mapped drive mount point, similar to
|
|
<emphasis remap='I'>root</emphasis>.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><filename>/proc/devices</filename></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Text listing of major numbers and device groups.
|
|
This can be used by <command>makedev</command>
|
|
scripts for consistency with the system.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><filename>/proc/filesystems</filename></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
A text listing of the filesystems which are supported by Cygwin.
|
|
(See also
|
|
<citerefentry>
|
|
<refentrytitle>filesystems</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
|
|
</citerefentry>.)
|
|
If a filesystem is marked with "nodev", this means that it
|
|
does not require a block device to be mounted (e.g., virtual
|
|
filesystem, network filesystem).
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><filename>/proc/loadavg</filename></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
The first three fields in this file are load average figures
|
|
giving the number of jobs in the run queue (state R)
|
|
averaged over 1, 5, and 15 minutes.
|
|
They are the same as the load average numbers given by
|
|
<citerefentry>
|
|
<refentrytitle>uptime</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
|
|
</citerefentry> and other programs.
|
|
The fourth field consists of two numbers separated by a slash (/).
|
|
The first of these is the number of currently runnable
|
|
scheduling entities (processes, threads).
|
|
The value after the slash is the number of scheduling entities
|
|
that currently exist on the system.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><filename>/proc/meminfo</filename></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
This file reports statistics about memory usage on the system.
|
|
It is used by
|
|
<citerefentry>
|
|
<refentrytitle>free</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
|
|
</citerefentry>
|
|
to report the amount of free and used memory (both physical
|
|
and swap) on the system as well as the shared memory and
|
|
buffers used by the system.
|
|
Each line of the file consists of a parameter name, followed by
|
|
a colon, the value of the parameter, and an option unit of
|
|
measurement (e.g., "kB").
|
|
The list below describes the parameter names and the format
|
|
specifier required to read the field value.
|
|
Some fields are displayed only if the system was configured
|
|
with various options; those dependencies are noted in the
|
|
list.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist remap='TP'>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><emphasis remap='I'>MemTotal</emphasis> %lu</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Total usable RAM (i.e., physical RAM minus a few reserved
|
|
bits and the system binary code).
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><emphasis remap='I'>MemFree</emphasis> %lu</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
The sum of <emphasis remap='I'>LowFree</emphasis> +
|
|
<emphasis remap='I'>HighFree</emphasis>.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><emphasis remap='I'>HighTotal</emphasis> %lu</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Total amount of highmem.</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><emphasis remap='I'>HighFree</emphasis> %lu</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Amount of free highmem.</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><emphasis remap='I'>LowTotal</emphasis> %lu</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Total amount of lowmem.
|
|
Lowmem is memory which can be used for everything that
|
|
highmem can be used for, but it is also available for the
|
|
system's use for its own data structures.
|
|
Bad things happen when you're out of lowmem.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><emphasis remap='I'>LowFree</emphasis> %lu</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Amount of free lowmem.</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><emphasis remap='I'>SwapTotal</emphasis> %lu</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Total amount of swap space available.</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><emphasis remap='I'>SwapFree</emphasis> %lu</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Amount of swap space that is currently unused.</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><filename>/proc/misc</filename></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Text listing of minor device numbers and names of devices with
|
|
major device number of the <literal>misc</literal> device group.
|
|
This can be used by <command>makedev</command> scripts
|
|
for consistency with the system.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><filename>/proc/mounts</filename></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
With the introduction of per-process mount namespaces, this file
|
|
became a link to
|
|
<filename>/proc/self/mounts</filename>,
|
|
which lists the mount points of the process's own mount
|
|
namespace.
|
|
The format of this file is documented in
|
|
<citerefentry>
|
|
<refentrytitle>fstab</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
|
|
</citerefentry>.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><filename>/proc/net</filename></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
This directory contains various files and subdirectories
|
|
containing information about the networking layer.
|
|
The files contain ASCII structures and are, therefore, readable
|
|
with
|
|
<citerefentry>
|
|
<refentrytitle>cat</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
|
|
</citerefentry>.
|
|
However, the standard
|
|
<citerefentry>
|
|
<refentrytitle>netstat</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
|
|
</citerefentry>
|
|
suite provides much cleaner access to these files.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><filename>/proc/net/if_inet6</filename></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
This file contains information about IP V6 interface adapters,
|
|
if used.
|
|
Each line represents an IP V6 interface adapter.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<screen>
|
|
<computeroutput>
|
|
fe800000000000002c393d3da6108636 12 40 20 80 {C6B5FBE5-A3AC-4DB0-A308-8EE94E1406A4}
|
|
fe8000000000000039da016f76bd92bc 13 40 20 20 {E06B8972-0918-41FC-851B-090C446C7D1C}
|
|
fe8000000000000050ba9cedf1fe1628 0b 40 20 20 {680ED6FD-DFAC-4398-AA85-FB33E17E38EA}
|
|
fe8000000000000030c5c6a0b30f109d 11 40 20 20 {B9E39F53-1659-4065-BDA5-F41162250E03}
|
|
20021840ac2c12343427e3b9ec6fa585 08 40 00 80 {4083A7F8-99CF-4220-8715-6FDF268B002F}
|
|
20021840ac2c12342403e3b2c7a5a32f 08 80 00 20 {4083A7F8-99CF-4220-8715-6FDF268B002F}
|
|
20021840ac2c1234284e8d0ecb4160cb 08 80 00 20 {4083A7F8-99CF-4220-8715-6FDF268B002F}
|
|
20021840ac2c123468cb06ea72f1d678 08 80 00 80 {4083A7F8-99CF-4220-8715-6FDF268B002F}
|
|
20021840ac2c12346cb59aca97c36e3b 08 80 00 20 {4083A7F8-99CF-4220-8715-6FDF268B002F}
|
|
20021840ac2c123498af9881de1fb828 08 80 00 20 {4083A7F8-99CF-4220-8715-6FDF268B002F}
|
|
20021840ac2c1234cd62a3d73a498611 08 80 00 20 {4083A7F8-99CF-4220-8715-6FDF268B002F}
|
|
20021840ac2c1234e410c873be09df93 08 80 00 20 {4083A7F8-99CF-4220-8715-6FDF268B002F}
|
|
fe800000000000003427e3b9ec6fa585 08 40 20 80 {4083A7F8-99CF-4220-8715-6FDF268B002F}
|
|
00000000000000000000000000000001 01 80 10 80 {2B5345AC-7502-11EA-AC73-806E6F6E6963}
|
|
(1) (2)(3)(4)(5) (6)
|
|
</computeroutput>
|
|
</screen>
|
|
|
|
<para>The fields in each line are:
|
|
|
|
<variablelist termlength="4" remap='TP'>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>(1)</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>The IP V6 address of the interface adapter.</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>(2)</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>The IP V6 interface adapter index.</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>(3)</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
The prefix length of the IP V6 interface address.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>(4)</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>The scope of the IP V6 interface address.</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>(5)</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>The state of the IP V6 interface address.</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>(6)</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
The DUID/GUID/UUID of the IP V6 interface adapter.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
<para>
|
|
The last number exists only for compatibility reasons and is
|
|
always 1.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><filename>/proc/partitions</filename></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Contains the major and minor numbers of each partition as well
|
|
as the number of 1024-byte blocks and the partition name.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><filename>/proc/registry</filename></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Under Cygwin, this directory contains subdirectories for
|
|
registry paths, keys, and subkeys, and files named for registry
|
|
values which contain registry data, for the current process.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><filename>/proc/registry32</filename></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Under 64 bit Windows, this directory contains subdirectories for
|
|
registry paths, keys, and subkeys, and files named for registry
|
|
values which contain registry data, for 32 bit processes.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><filename>/proc/registry64</filename></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Under 64 bit Windows, this directory contains subdirectories for
|
|
registry paths, keys, and subkeys, and files named for registry
|
|
values which contain registry data, for 64 bit processes.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><filename>/proc/self</filename></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
This directory refers to the process accessing the
|
|
<filename>/proc</filename> filesystem, and is identical to the
|
|
<filename>/proc</filename> directory named by the process id
|
|
of the same process.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><filename>/proc/stat</filename></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
system statistics.
|
|
Varies with architecture.
|
|
Common entries include:
|
|
<variablelist remap='TP'>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><emphasis remap='I'>cpu 10132153 0 3084719 46828483</emphasis></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><emphasis remap='I'>cpu0 1393280 0 572056 13343292</emphasis></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
The amount of time, measured in units of USER_HZ
|
|
(1/100ths of a second on most architectures, use
|
|
<literal>sysconf(_SC_CLK_TCK)</literal>
|
|
to obtain the right value), that the system ("cpu"
|
|
line) or the specific CPU
|
|
("cpu <emphasis remap='I'>N</emphasis>" line)
|
|
spent in various states:
|
|
|
|
<variablelist termlength="10" remap='TP'>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>(1) <emphasis remap='I'>user</emphasis></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Time spent in user mode.</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>(2) <emphasis remap='I'>nice</emphasis></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Time spent in user mode with low priority
|
|
(nice).
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>(3) <emphasis remap='I'>system</emphasis></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Time spent in system mode.</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>(4) <emphasis remap='I'>idle</emphasis></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Time spent in the idle task.</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><emphasis remap='I'>page 5741 1808</emphasis></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
The number of pages the system paged in and the number
|
|
that were paged out (from disk).
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><emphasis remap='I'>swap 1 0</emphasis></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
The number of swap pages that have been brought in and
|
|
out.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><emphasis remap='I'>intr 1462898</emphasis></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>The number of interrupts serviced.</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><emphasis remap='I'>ctxt 115315</emphasis></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
The number of context switches that the system
|
|
underwent.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><emphasis remap='I'>btime 769041601</emphasis></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
boot time, in seconds since the Epoch,
|
|
1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 (UTC).
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><filename>/proc/swaps</filename></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Swap areas in use.
|
|
See also
|
|
<citerefentry>
|
|
<refentrytitle>swapon</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
|
|
</citerefentry>.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><filename>/proc/sys</filename></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
This directory contains a number of files and subdirectories
|
|
linking to Windows objects, which can be read using these
|
|
entries.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>
|
|
String values may be terminated by either '\0'
|
|
or '\n'.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>
|
|
Integer and long values may be either in decimal or in
|
|
hexadecimal notation (e.g. 0x3FFF).
|
|
Multiple integer or long values may be separated by any of the
|
|
following whitespace characters:
|
|
' ', '\t', or
|
|
'\n'.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><filename>/proc/sysvipc</filename></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Subdirectory containing the pseudo-files
|
|
<filename>msg</filename>, <filename>sem</filename>and
|
|
<filename>shm</filename>.
|
|
These files list the System V Interprocess Communication (IPC)
|
|
objects (respectively: message queues, semaphores, and shared
|
|
memory) that currently exist on the system, providing similar
|
|
information to that available via
|
|
<citerefentry>
|
|
<refentrytitle>ipcs</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
|
|
</citerefentry>.
|
|
These files are only available if the cygserver Cygwin service
|
|
is running.
|
|
These files have headers and are formatted (one IPC object per
|
|
line) for easy understanding.
|
|
<citerefentry>
|
|
<refentrytitle>svipc</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum>
|
|
</citerefentry>
|
|
provides further background on the information shown by these
|
|
files.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><filename>/proc/uptime</filename></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
This file contains two numbers (values in seconds): the uptime
|
|
of the system (including time spent in suspend) and the amount
|
|
of time spent in the idle process.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><filename>/proc/version</filename></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
This string identifies the Cygwin version that is currently
|
|
running.
|
|
For example:
|
|
|
|
<screen>
|
|
<computeroutput>
|
|
CYGWIN_NT-10.0-18363 version 3.1.7-340.x86_64 (corinna@calimero) (gcc version 9.3.0 20200312 (Fedora Cygwin 9.3.0-1) (GCC) ) 2020-08-22 17:48 UTC
|
|
</computeroutput>
|
|
</screen>
|
|
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
</refsect2>
|
|
</refsect1>
|
|
|
|
<refsect1 id='proc-notes'><title>Notes</title>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Many files contain strings (e.g., the environment and command
|
|
line) that are in the internal format, with subfields terminated
|
|
by null bytes ('\0').
|
|
When inspecting such files, you may find that the results are
|
|
more readable if you use a command of the following form to
|
|
display them:
|
|
|
|
<screen>
|
|
<prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>cat -A <emphasis remap='I'>file</emphasis></userinput>
|
|
</screen>
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>
|
|
This manual page is incomplete, possibly inaccurate, and is the kind
|
|
of thing that needs to be updated very often.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</refsect1>
|
|
|
|
<refsect1 id='proc-see_also'><title>See Also</title>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<citerefentry>
|
|
<refentrytitle>cat</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
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</citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry>
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<refentrytitle>find</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
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</citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry>
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<refentrytitle>free</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
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</citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry>
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<refentrytitle>ps</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
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</citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry>
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<refentrytitle>pstree</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
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</citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry>
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<refentrytitle>tr</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
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</citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry>
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<refentrytitle>uptime</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
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</citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry>
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<refentrytitle>chroot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum>
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</citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry>
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<refentrytitle>mmap</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum>
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</citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry>
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<refentrytitle>readlink</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum>
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</citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry>
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<refentrytitle>syslog</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum>
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</citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry>
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<refentrytitle>hier</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum>
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</citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry>
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<refentrytitle>arp</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
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</citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry>
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<refentrytitle>mount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
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</citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry>
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<refentrytitle>netstat</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
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</citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry>
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<refentrytitle>route</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
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</citerefentry>.
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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</refentry>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="pathnames-proc-registry"><title>The /proc/registry filesystem</title>
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<para>
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The <filename>/proc/registry</filename> filesystem provides read-only
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access to the Windows registry. It displays each <literal>KEY</literal>
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as a directory and each <literal>VALUE</literal> as a file. As anytime
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you deal with the Windows registry, use caution since changes may result
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in an unstable or broken system. There are additionally subdirectories called
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<filename>/proc/registry32</filename> and <filename>/proc/registry64</filename>.
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They are identical to <filename>/proc/registry</filename> on 32 bit
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host OSes. On 64 bit host OSes, <filename>/proc/registry32</filename>
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opens the 32 bit processes view on the registry, while
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<filename>/proc/registry64</filename> opens the 64 bit processes view.
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</para>
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<para>
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Reserved characters ('/', '\', ':', and '%') or reserved names
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(<filename>.</filename> and <filename>..</filename>) are converted by
|
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percent-encoding:
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<screen>
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<prompt>bash$</prompt> <userinput>regtool list -v '\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\MountedDevices'</userinput>
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...
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\DosDevices\C: (REG_BINARY) = cf a8 97 e8 00 08 fe f7
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...
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<prompt>bash$</prompt> <userinput>cd /proc/registry/HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM</userinput>
|
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<prompt>bash$</prompt> <userinput>ls -l MountedDevices</userinput>
|
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...
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-r--r----- 1 Admin SYSTEM 12 Dec 10 11:20 %5CDosDevices%5CC%3A
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...
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<prompt>bash$</prompt> <userinput>od -t x1 MountedDevices/%5CDosDevices%5CC%3A</userinput>
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0000000 cf a8 97 e8 00 08 fe f7 01 00 00 00
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</screen>
|
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The unnamed (default) value of a key can be accessed using the filename
|
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<filename>@</filename>.
|
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</para>
|
|
<para>
|
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If a registry key contains a subkey and a value with the same name
|
|
<filename>foo</filename>, Cygwin displays the subkey as
|
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<filename>foo</filename> and the value as <filename>foo%val</filename>.
|
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</para>
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</sect2>
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|
|
|
<sect2 id="pathnames-at"><title>The @pathnames</title>
|
|
<para>To circumvent the limitations on shell line length in the native
|
|
Windows command shells, Cygwin programs, when invoked by non-Cygwin processes, expand their arguments
|
|
starting with "@" in a special way. If a file
|
|
<filename>pathname</filename> exists, the argument
|
|
<filename>@pathname</filename> expands recursively to the content of
|
|
<filename>pathname</filename>. Double quotes can be used inside the
|
|
file to delimit strings containing blank space.
|
|
In the following example compare the behaviors
|
|
<command>/bin/echo</command> when run from bash and from the Windows command prompt.</para>
|
|
|
|
<example id="pathnames-at-ex"><title> Using @pathname</title>
|
|
<screen>
|
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<prompt>bash$</prompt> <userinput>/bin/echo 'This is "a long" line' > mylist</userinput>
|
|
<prompt>bash$</prompt> <userinput>/bin/echo @mylist</userinput>
|
|
@mylist
|
|
<prompt>bash$</prompt> <userinput>cmd</userinput>
|
|
<prompt>c:\></prompt> <userinput>c:\cygwin\bin\echo @mylist</userinput>
|
|
This is a long line
|
|
</screen>
|
|
</example>
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
</sect1>
|