proc.5: Simplify description of /proc/sys and /proc/sys/fs

In the description of these directories, there's no need
to list all the files and subdirectories that they contain;
that information is provided by the entries that follow.

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2010-06-17 00:23:56 +02:00
parent 46883521a0
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@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
.\" to see what information could be imported from that file
.\" into this file.
.\"
.TH PROC 5 2009-09-30 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.TH PROC 5 2010-06-17 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
proc \- process information pseudo-file system
.SH DESCRIPTION
@ -1709,10 +1709,6 @@ These variables can be read and sometimes modified using
the \fI/proc\fP file system, and the (deprecated)
.BR sysctl (2)
system call.
Presently, there are subdirectories
.IR abi ", " debug ", " dev ", " fs ", " kernel ", " net ", " proc ", "
.IR rxrpc ", " sunrpc " and " vm
that each contain more files and subdirectories.
.TP
.IR /proc/sys/abi " (since Linux 2.4.10)"
This directory may contain files with application binary information.
@ -1731,15 +1727,8 @@ On
some systems, it may be empty.
.TP
.I /proc/sys/fs
This contains the subdirectories
.IR binfmt_misc ", " epoll ", " inotify ", and " mqueue ,
and files
.IR dentry-state ", " dir-notify-enable ", " dquot-nr ", " file-max ", "
.IR file-nr ", " inode-max ", " inode-nr ", " inode-state ", "
.IR lease-break-time ", " leases-enable ", "
.IR overflowgid ", " overflowuid ", "
.IR suid_dumpable ", "
.IR super-max ", and " super-nr .
This directory contains the files and subdirectories for kernel variables
related to file systems.
.TP
.I /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc
Documentation for files in this directory can be found