copying the file from /proc creates a copy. fsdb allows you to map a name to an inode (er.. inode to a name). this is quite handy if the file is being written t

copying the file from /proc creates a copy. fsdb allows you to map a name to an inode (er.. inode to a name). this is quite handy if the file is being written to. and fsdb is frequently available where proc is not.