Re: /proc (was: Re: /dev/registry)

2002-02-07 Thread Pavel Tsekov
Is the source code for this functionality accessible for download somewhere ? Chris January wrote: >>>1. it's difficult to accidentally cat to a key considering the length of >>> > the > >>>names - >>> >>> > /proc/registry/HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/S > >>>hel

Re: /proc (was: Re: /dev/registry)

2002-02-06 Thread Michael A Chase
a hobbit a ring and he eats fish for an age. - Original Message - From: "Stephan Mueller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Chris January" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 17:00 Subject: RE: /proc (was: Re: /dev/registry

RE: /proc (was: Re: /dev/registry)

2002-02-06 Thread Stephan Mueller
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 4:56 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: /proc (was: Re: /dev/registry) > > 1. it's difficult to accidentally cat to a key considering the > > length of the > > names - > > /proc/registry/HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Wi

Re: /proc (was: Re: /dev/registry)

2002-02-06 Thread Chris January
> > 1. it's difficult to accidentally cat to a key considering the length of the > > names - > > /proc/registry/HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/S > > hell\ Extensions/Approved/\{BDEADF00-C265-11d0-BCED-00A0C90AB50F\} is a bit > > hard to type in by accident... At the m

Re: /proc (was: Re: /dev/registry)

2002-02-06 Thread Warren Young
Chris January wrote: > > I'll probably add some entries to /proc - ones commonly found on UNIX > platforms maybe. Anyone have any favourites they wish to see? I don't know about "favorite", but the only one that's even close to standardized across Unices is /proc/. And even that is nonstandard

RE: /proc (was: Re: /dev/registry)

2002-02-06 Thread Ralf Habacker
> > > Why can't this /dev/registry stuff be just an ioctl()? Open the > > /dev/registry node for the appropriate access, then use some ioctl()'s to > > read and write it. Put the /dev/null entry points for the read and write > > handlers for /dev/registry and you won't have that accidental corr

/proc (was: Re: /dev/registry)

2002-02-06 Thread Chris January
> Why can't this /dev/registry stuff be just an ioctl()? Open the > /dev/registry node for the appropriate access, then use some ioctl()'s to > read and write it. Put the /dev/null entry points for the read and write > handlers for /dev/registry and you won't have that accidental corruption > fr