Messages in this thread |  | | From | Christoph Rohland <> | Subject | Re: /dev/shm mount visible | Date | 06 Feb 2001 20:13:54 +0100 |
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On Tue, 6 Feb 2001, jamagallon@able.es wrote: > Just a little question. In previous kernels and shm patches the > /dev/shm filesytem was invisible under a 'mount' query (just managed > like procfs or devpts).
mount does always show all mounted fses. I asume you mean df.
> Now it appears listed under a mount command. Is it normal ? Does > mount show it coz it is no more 'special' or hidden in any way ?
Because shm fs now estimates the free space when not given any limits. This is needed to use it as /tmp for some applications.
Greetings Christoph
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