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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•23 days agoMost files are loaded to memory in order to make any kind of use out of them. I.e. read/write operations.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•23 days agoThat’s true! I supposed it would be more precise to say that all processes are files loaded to memory, but not all files loaded to memory are processes. Sort of like the whole arachnids / spiders situation.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•23 days agoWhy not? Represented in /proc? exec() and fam? Read and write to it?
What about a process? File gone wild?
I’d call that a file loaded to memory
Most files are loaded to memory in order to make any kind of use out of them. I.e. read/write operations.
That’s true! I supposed it would be more precise to say that all processes are files loaded to memory, but not all files loaded to memory are processes. Sort of like the whole arachnids / spiders situation.
Why not? Represented in /proc? exec() and fam? Read and write to it?