Cd to nonexistent directory in /proc

[Bryn M. Reeves]

On 06/17/2011 05:45 PM, Jonathan Ryshpan wrote:
> Investigating a hanging instance of googleearth (wich process number
> 3110), I noticed that it's possible to 
> 	cd /proc/3110
> while on the other hand
> 	ls /proc
> does not show 3110 as being in the proc directory.

The number is a PID and the directory entry follows the process lifecycle - most
likely it exited between the cd and the ls.

Regards,
Bryn.