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		bobbyi_settv on Jan 28, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What am I running inside my bash? (2014) Maybe it's for portability. The /proc filesystem doesn't exist on every OS supported by gdb.

kelnos on Jan 28, 2021 [–]

Sure, but I'm sure there are tons of Linux-specific things in gdb behind #ifdefs already; this seems like a pretty worthwhile thing that justifies adding one more.

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