Can anybody tell me about /proc?

[Stephen J. Friedl]

Hi folks,

     A customer just upgraded from a 3B5 to a 3B15, and we're
now running SVR3.  This machine has the /proc filesystem, and
I would really love to hear a little about this.  I have a
pretty good idea about the general concepts and how it is
supposed to replace the whole ptrace mechanism, but I can't
find any docs in the system package to give me the details.
Can anybody fill me in on some of this?  I'll summarize what
I hear (I suspect others would be interested in this as well).
History/trivia notes are encouraged as well.

     Thanks,
     Steve
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