What does "pseudodirectory" mean?

A virtual directory entry that does not represent a directory on the underlying file system on disk, instead being automatically generated to represent some other objects in the form of files (for example '/proc' in Linux).

Pseudodirectory

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Noun

1
A virtual directory entry that does not represent a directory on the underlying file system on disk, instead being automatically generated to represent some other objects in the form of files (for example '/proc' in Linux).
""Mountpoint caution special /proc filesystem (page 497), which maps useful Linux kernel information to a pseudodirectory.""

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""Mountpoint caution special /proc filesystem (page 497), which maps useful Linux kernel information to a pseudodirectory.""

Etymology

From pseudo- + directory.

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