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Re: tmpfs and /tmp vs. /dev/shm



* Darin Strait <darin_strait@yahoo.com>:

> tmpfs                 100M  608K  100M   1% /tmp
> tmpfs                 157M     0  157M   0% /dev/shm
>
> So, why do I have two tmpfs file systems? 
> 
> Which one should my system be using, and how do I get rid of the other one?

A mounted /tmp as tmpfs is just a disk in RAM. It hasn't to be cleaned
on startup. The /dev/shm is used by programs which share data over
shared memory.

You don't need to get rid of them. They live indepentend of each
other.

--  
  Kai Weber
» kai.weber@glorybox.de   http://www.glorybox.de   gpg-key: 0x594D4132



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