Re: deleting content of /tmp
> >1. It is a lot faster for a lot of stuff, as long as your kernel has
> >proper swapping behavior. This happens because tmpfs can avoid a great
> >deal of costly operations that other filesystems with backing store need
> >to perform (such as the need to keep metadata in sync on the backing
> >store).
> >
> >2. It will waste more virtual memory space than your regular filesystem
> >with a backing store, as it needs to keep all data in virtual memory
> >(even if it happens to be swapped). This *can* be a problem on 32-bit
> >systems.
On 26.03.07 18:41, Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto wrote:
> Interesting. Is there any downside?
if you (or your users if there are any) use /tmp for storing junk, you'll
have less of memory. But after a few reboots it should stop
> Why isn't this default?
there are still people (programs?) who don't know that /tmp is for TEMPORARY
files and use ti that way.
Also, filesystem design is usually on system administrator who does not know
about these possibilities.
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