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Date:      Mon, 7 Jul 2003 17:16:00 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com>
To:        "Myron J. Mayfield" <nugent511@comcast.net>
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: /dev/shm
Message-ID:  <20030707170812.B16756@carver.gumbysoft.com>
In-Reply-To: <3F08B199.3050409@comcast.net>
References:  <3F08B199.3050409@comcast.net>

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On Sun, 6 Jul 2003, Myron J. Mayfield wrote:

> I attempted to install the linux java sapgui on FreeBSD 5.0, but the jar
> file only unpacked part of it.  I then copied the files from my Redhat 9
> machine.  I linked up all the linux libraries needed and attempted to
> start it.  It gives me an error saying cant find /dev/shm.  I tried
> adding this to /dev but was unable to.  Does anyone have any
> information?  Thank you.  I am somewhat new to FreeBSD but have used
> linux for Many years.

/dev/shm is a holdover from the SYSV days.  Doing some googling around, I
think you can just make it a symlink to /tmp and it'll work, but I'd have
to test this.

I think it just wants something it thinks it can call ioctls against :)

-- 
Doug White                    |  FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
dwhite@gumbysoft.com          |  www.FreeBSD.org



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