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What happens when I open and read from /proc?
Does the hard drive need to be accessed or is everything done in memory? Basically I would like to constantly get updated values from meminfo and cpuinfo.
Do I need to reopen the file and then reread ...
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Can I identify my RAM without shutting down linux?
I'd like to price some new RAM for our in-house VMware testing server. (It's a consumer box we use for testing our software on and running business VMs). I've forgotten what kind of RAM it has and I'd ...
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How to find information about the system/machine in Unix?
I have always found it difficult to find information about the system itself in Unix, whether it be
Which OS I am using (version number and all, to compare it with the latest available builds)?
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