What is /proc/kcore

[Daniel Carrera]

Frank McCormick wrote:
> The files in /proc don't really exist - they are the
> kernels representation of the machines hardware.

Yeah, that's why I was surprised to find a huge file there. I expect 
everything in /proc to be either 0kb or 4.0kb.

> Don't worry about 1gb files in /proc.

Ok, thanks. I feel better.

I'm still curious though, what is /proc/kcore? Why does it "look" huge 
when everything else in /proc looks either 0kb or 4.0kb?

Cheers,
Daniel.
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