What is /proc/kcore

[David M. Carney]

Daniel Carrera wrote:
> 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.
This might help....

http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2001/05/msg00197.html

David