Re: /run vs /var/run (was: Please test new sysvinit)
On Sun, Dec 18, 2005 at 01:03:37PM -0500, Joe Smith wrote:
> 1. POSIX (or at least SuS v3) does not gaurentee the existence of /dev/shm,
> or that if it does exist, that it can be be read as a block device, or that
> if it can, it has a file system on it.
> 2. Neither does FHS.
> 3. The Linux 2.6 device list states that as of now, if /dev/shm exists it
> should have a tmpfs filesystem. But makes no guarentees that it exists, or
> that it will remain a filesystem
Also Linux allows to not build support for a full-blown tmpfs that
supports all posix filesystem operations, but also a cut-down version
that's just enough for posix shm. You can't use read or write on files
in /dev/shm in that case.
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