Re: proc suggestion

[Ron Flory]

Wolter wrote:
> 
> Make /proc work so that when you open files under it in binary mode you
> get binary data better suited for programs and when in text mode, human
> readable nicely formatted ascii text. Now wouldn't that be great?

 not a bad idea, but how would one export knowledge of the structure
layouts for multiple-element files, /proc/sys/dev/cdrom/info for
example.

ron