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Re: Get OS uptime

Posted by NorbertHartl on Mar 19, 2015; 11:58am
URL: https://forum.world.st/Get-OS-uptime-tp4813047p4813154.html


> Am 19.03.2015 um 11:51 schrieb Esteban Lorenzano <[hidden email]>:
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>> On 19 Mar 2015, at 11:35, Julien Delplanque <[hidden email]> wrote:
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>> On 19/03/15 11:10, Esteban Lorenzano wrote:
>>> '/proc/uptime' asFileReference readStreamDo: [ :stream | stream contents ].
>>>
>>> is better way.
>>>
>>> but you will still get an empty string because actually ‘/proc’ does not contains real files… so the file plugin does not applies there (and is another debate if it should…)
>>>
>>> you should use OSProcess instead (installable from Configurations Browser)
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>>> (PipeableOSProcess command: 'uptime') upToEndOfFile.
>>>
>>> Esteban
>> Oh, I didn't know '/proc' doesn't contains real files. I tought there
>> were files in this directory since you do 'cat /proc/uptime' in a shell.
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> that’s the O.S. cheating you :)
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Can you elaborate on that statement. What is a "real" file and why are the files in /proc not real?

Norbert