Re: "less" doesn't work on /proc files

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Subject: Re: "less" doesn't work on /proc files
From: Lars Wirzenius <Lars.Wirzenius@cs.Helsinki.FI>
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 1995 10:01:58 +0200
Message-id: <[🔎] 199512010801.KAA02051@hydra.cs.Helsinki.FI>
In-reply-to: Bruce Perens's message as of Nov 30, 16:08

Bruce Perens: ""less" doesn't work on /proc files" (Nov 30, 16:08):
> You could argue that this is a bug in the semantics of the proc filesystem.

You could also arguet that this is a bug in less.  The size that stat
gives is old information.  less shouldn't trust it.

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