[haiku-development] Re: GSOC project suggestion

Does POSIX compliance make it unix-like?

Besides, it hasn't spawned from the unix family tree. In my opinion
it's a system on it's own which borrows some ideas from Unix.

On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 12:48 PM, Duane Ryan <bailey.d.r@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Haiku IS a unix-like system, especially with the advent of the multi
> user system. In any case, I think that (from a user's perspective),
> /proc would be better implemented through libraries (check!) and
> wrapped commands (not happening yet).
> Duane
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> On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 5:17 AM, Yu Ziyu <yuziyumail@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procfs,
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>> The following operating environments support procfs:
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>>    * Solaris
>>    * BSD
>>    * Linux (which extends it to non-process-related data)
>>    * IBM AIX (which bases its implementation on Linux to improve
>> compatibility)
>>    * QNX
>>    * Plan 9 from Bell Labs (where it originated)
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>> Salvatore Benedetto :
>>>
>>> 2009/3/23 Yu Ziyu <yuziyumail@xxxxxxxxx>:
>>>>
>>>> Sorry I'm not familiar with the Haiku os.  I found there is not a /proc
>>>> filesystem like other unix-like system. Maybe there is some mechanism
>>>> similar to /proc filesystem in Haiku.
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>>> Ok. First of all, Haiku is not a unix-like system. :-) Plus, I'm not sure
>>> but,
>>> I thought only linux has it, and if I don't mistake, it is moving to
>>> sysfs.
>>>
>>>> I've discussed with Stephan Aßmus privately. Maybe this is a immature
>>>> suggestion.
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>>> Personally I don't see any particular benefits for such as feature,
>>> but some other
>>> devs might.
>>>
>>> Regards,
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