* Chris Metzler (cmetzler@speakeasy.net) [040229 20:52]: > Given that /tmp gets cleaned on reboot anyway, I can't think of a reason > why it'd be a bad idea to use a tmpfs filesystem for /tmp. But the fact > that I can't think of one doesn't mean there isn't. > > So . . .any reason why this would be a bad idea? Well, on a system with plenty of disk but a RAM shortage, it might take away a more scarce resource. Still, this effect should be minimal, since tmpfs uses paging to swap unused data to disk as needed. I've been using tmpfs on /tmp on many systems for a long time and have noticed no ill effects. But like you say, that I haven't noticed any doesn't mean that there aren't any, or especially that there's no potential for any. Have you read filesystems/tmpfs.txt in the kernel docs? good times, Vineet -- http://www.doorstop.net/ -- "Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocre minds. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence." -- Albert Einstein
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