Date: Tue, 4 Jul 1995 19:10:49 -0500 (CDT) From: Matthew Bailey <mbailey@alpha.misha.net> To: David Greenman <davidg@Root.COM> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: tmpfs? Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.950704190941.6364A-100000@alpha.misha.net> In-Reply-To: <199507050004.RAA11108@corbin.Root.COM>
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On Tue, 4 Jul 1995, David Greenman wrote: > >Is there a way to do somehting similar to Sun's TMPFS where SWAP and RAM > >are mounted on /tmp instead of on a real filesystem this would make > >compiles that use the /tmp files very fast because they never have to > >leave ram to the drive unless there is a reason to Swap... > > We have an "MFS" memory filesystem that is often used for this purpose. > You'll gain a lot more by using the "-pipe" option with CC, however, as this > avoids the temporary files altogether. > > -DG > Yes and no... There are times where is requires temorary files when compiling. Mostly compilers other than "C" use it. If memfs can be used for this how do I go about setting it up? Thanks
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