Information related to process is stored in /proc filesystem. One can say

what is stored in /proc ?
what is significance of /proc in linux ?

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Answer Posted / sahil makkar

Information related to process is stored in /proc
filesystem. One can say that full PCB(Process Control
Block) is there in /proc. proc is file system for RAM. Proc
filesystem is created while booting and as we run more
processes more entries are added to /proc directory for the
respective process.

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