Re: Swapfiles
I wrote:
> Executables, being read-only, are mapped directly from disk and never
> use any swap at all. Only data gets mapped to swap.
Karsten writes:
> Is this a GNU/Linux thing or a more general Unix/POSIX thing?
Neither. It's a virtual-memory thing. It's the obvious thing to do as
soon as you have vm.
> Recent development or long-time feature.
VMS had it from day one, I believe, and Berkeley introduced it into Unix
when they ported it to the VAX.
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John Hasler
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Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI
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