098. What Is /proc/kcore?
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This article is from the Frequently Asked Questions for Linux, the Free/Open Source UNIX-like operating system kernel that runs on many modern computer systems. Maintained by David C. Merrill with numerous contributions by others. (v1.0).
098. What Is /proc/kcore?
A: None of the files in /proc are really therethey're all, "pretend," files made up by the kernel, to give you information about the system and don't take up any hard disk space.
/proc/kcore is like an "alias" for the memory in your computer. Its size is the same as the amount of RAM you have, and if you read it as a file, the kernel does memory reads.
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