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authorDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2021-02-07 11:45:55 +0000
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# PROCFILE
procfile is a library for reading text data files (i.e `/proc` files) in the fastest possible way.
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- calls `procfile_readall()` to read updated contents.
This call also rewinds (`lseek()` to 0) before reading it.
- For every file, a [BUFFER](../buffer/) is used that is automatically adjusted to fit
- the entire file contents of the file. So the file is read with a single `read()` call
- (providing atomicity / consistency when the data are read from the kernel).
+ For every file, a [BUFFER](/libnetdata/buffer/README.md) is used that is automatically adjusted to fit the entire
+ file contents of the file. So the file is read with a single `read()` call (providing atomicity / consistency when
+ the data are read from the kernel).
Once the data are read, 2 arrays of pointers are updated: