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[Nix]

On Tue, 30 Aug 2005, Tethys moaned:
> Nix writes:
> 
>>You would need to modify the kernel, adding an extra field to /proc/uptime.
>>(Add it at the end and you *might* be lucky and avoid breaking users.)
> 
> Or for a small amount of extra effort, create a /proc/myuptime containing
> the data you want, and leave the existing /proc/uptime as is.

Or, for the totally overdesigned, add a /proc/{pid}/uptime-format into
which you write info on the uptime format you want, and a
/proc/{pid}/uptime into which the resulting uptime gets put.

(But there's no *way* such lunacy would ever hit Linus's kernel. :) )

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