Re: swap and /tmp
On Sat, May 06, 2006 at 10:47:44PM -0500, Matthew R. Dempsky wrote:
> On Sat, May 06, 2006 at 11:40:32PM +0100, Digby Tarvin wrote:
> > I think you might be misunderstanding what ramfs does.
>
> And I think you might be as well.
>
> Ramfs and tmpfs are distinct filesystems, with the most significant
> difference being that tmpfs can make use of swap space whereas ramfs
> cannot.
Your absolutely right - sorry, please delete any reference to ramfs
in my earlier postings. Tmpfs is the filesystem I was talking about.
With my memory I'm surpised I didn't throw in the occasional 'mfs',
which is what the BSD equivalent was called :-/
Regards,
DigbyT
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