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.
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Kai Weber
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