howto create a filesystem like /proc?

Question

I would like to create a pseudo filesystem like /proc to access an applications configuration.

How could i achieve this or where could i find some introductory documentation about it?

Answer 1

Perhaps you want to have a look at sysfs

Answer 2

The easiest way is to use FUSE. This is particularly easy with high-level language bindings, such as fuse-python.