Messages in this thread |  | | | Subject | Re: Is /dev/shm needed? | | Date | Mon, 17 Dec 2001 09:41:56 +0100 | | From | Raúl Núñez de Arenas Coronado <> |
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Hi Christoph :)
>> Yes, I knew, I meant the maximum size. I don't want half of the >> RAM occupied just by a programming mistake ;))) >What I like most about /tmp in tmpfs is the ability to resize on the >fly [...] >When one of these gets full I can either stop the affending job or >increase the limit
That's one of my doubts: if the available RAM decreases then the buffer (disk) cache will do too. So, if I have /tmp mounted with tmpfs, the contents here will be cached no matter the available RAM, or am I completely wrong?
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