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authorMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2013-09-04 09:41:52 +0200
committerMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2013-09-04 09:41:52 +0200
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proc.5: Minor wording changes in introductory paragraph
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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-.TH PROC 5 2013-08-08 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH PROC 5 2013-09-04 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
proc \- process information pseudo-filesystem
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.I proc
-filesystem is a pseudo-filesystem which is used as an interface to
+filesystem is a pseudo-filesystem which provides an interface to
kernel data structures.
It is commonly mounted at
.IR /proc .
Most of it is read-only, but some files allow kernel variables to be
changed.
.LP
-The following outline gives a quick tour through the
+The following list describes many of the files and directories under the
.I /proc
hierarchy.
.PD 1