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From: arunkr.linux@gmail.com (Arun M Kumar)
To: kernelnewbies@lists.kernelnewbies.org
Subject: Significance of   " /proc/<pid>/root"
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2013 00:33:39 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5236048B.6030906@gmail.com> (raw)

What is the significance of the directory named root inside /proc/<pid> ?

ex:
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arunkumar at arun-ThinkPad-Edge-E530:/proc/2543/root$ ls

bin   cdrom  etc   initrd.img      lib         media  opt   root 
sbin     srv  tmp  var      vmlinuz.old
boot  dev    home  initrd.img.old  lost+found  mnt    proc  run selinux  
sys  usr  vmlinuz
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             reply	other threads:[~2013-09-15 19:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-09-15 19:03 Arun M Kumar [this message]
2013-09-15 19:28 ` Significance of " /proc/<pid>/root" Adel BENZARTI
2013-09-17  2:40 ` Navkamal Rakra

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