The /proc filesystem

The /proc filesystem is used to store many system configuration parameters. It is a virtual filesystem that resides in the kernels memory. Some of the areas in this filesystem cannot be written to by the root user including /proc/sys. Much information here is based on the proc man page. Fro more information refer to that page. Elements of the proc filesystem include:


Adapted (errors removed) from: http://www.comptechdoc.org/os/linux/howlinuxworks/linux_hlproc.html.