Subj : Re: Incredibly bloated 'lsmod'
To   : comp.os.linux
From : Sybren Stuvel
Date : Sat Aug 28 2004 10:22 am

nobody@nowhere.nonet enlightened us with:
> I've just noticed something. The contents of /proc/modules and the
> output of the 'lsmod' program are identical except for one line.  So
> why even have an 'lsmod' program?

You might want to read the manual page:

   lsmod  is  a  trivial  program which nicely formats the contents of
   the /proc/modules, showing what kernel modules are currently
   loaded.


Sybren
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The problem with the world is stupidity. Not saying there should be a
capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the
safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?

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