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Why are the 'proc' and 'sys' folders more than 100 TB in size?
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Mar 15, 20268758 viewsConfidence Score0%
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Someone I know just made the following statement: "I have 140.7 TB worth of files on my system" Someone else said something along the lines of "how?" and the response was: "Virtual RAM, Ubuntu has its quirks. file" I don't know much about Linux and wondered if someone could explain what the above i…
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/proc/core
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Fix for: Why are the 'proc' and 'sys' folders more than 100 TB in size?
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These locations belong to virtual filesystems. Everything you see – folders, files, their contents – is made up on the spot whenever you try to access it. The actual size isn't even known until after you read the file (and it often can't be cached a…
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