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Date:      Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:16:57 +0000 (UTC)
From:      jb <jb.1234abcd@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Using TMPFS for /tmp and /var/run?
Message-ID:  <loom.20120330T171116-754@post.gmane.org>
References:  <4F746F1E.6090702@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de> <20120329161452.GZ1709@albert.catwhisker.org> <4F74BCD5.4040609@zedat.fu-berlin.de>

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O. Hartmann <ohartman <at> zedat.fu-berlin.de> writes:

> 
> Am 03/29/12 18:14, schrieb David Wolfskill:
> > On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 04:18:06PM +0200, O. Hartmann wrote:
> >> I was wondering if there are some objections using TMPFS for /tmp and
> >> /var/run.
> >> ...
> ... 
> Linux is using TMPFS filesystems a lot for these purposes. How do they
> overcome restrictions of the size or not flloding RAM and/or swap?
> ...

Read it before you make up your mind (there are real issues to consider):

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/var-run-tmpfs

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Talk:Features/var-run-tmpfs

jb





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