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Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 19:03:10 +0100
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To: Jean-Guillaume <jean-guillaume.paradis@ericsson.ca>
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Subject: Re: Simple Procfs question: Triggering an "action" when opening a directory instead of a file (with seqfile.h)???
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On Mon, Sep 29, 2003 at 01:40:03PM -0400, Jean-Guillaume wrote:
> Hello everybody :)
 
> I need some help on this one, I couldn't find anything on google or in 
> the archives of the mailing list. Here it goes:
> 
> I want to trigger an action when "opening" a directory of the procfs. 
> This is easy for files, but how is it done for directories...???

With a separate filesystem.  Don't do that on procfs, it's messy enough as
it is.