The /proc filesystem is a virtual filesystem - it doesn't exist on disk
anywhere. It is just a simple interface to some of the kernel innards. So
kcore does not take up any disk space.
You would be well advised to leave it alone unless you know what you're
doing since it maps to the kernel memory space.
On Fri, 17 Jul 1998 rcooper@crstexas.com wrote:
> Im trying to find information on the /proc/kcore file. I have noticed on
> all my Linux boxes, the size of this file is always the same size of
> installed system memory. So on one particular box with 128 meg of memory,
> the size of this file is 134221824 bytes. My question is what is this
> file used for and more importantly why is this file so large? This seems
> to be a waste of diskspace. Am I wrong in assuming this file has
> something to do with the kernel? Can this file be shrunk in size to
> preserve disk space? I admit total ignorance, but Im willing to learn
> and after all we all have to start someplace right? Again my apologies go
> to the list for this off topic message, but it seems more on topic than
> some messages Ive seen in here such as the KDE issue. Thanks in advance
> for any knowledge you are willing to share with someone eager to learn.
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