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From: Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il>
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Snob Art Genre wrote:
> 
> I have more swap than I'm usually able to use.  What are the pros and cons
> of devoting some of it to an MFS /tmp partition?  Is this usually a win?

I'm using this setup on many machines and it seems to be working great
(though at some point, 2.1.x used to have problems shutting down with
files open on /tmp). You don't have to dedicate the space in any way to
MFS. Just configure it and it will use just as much space as it needs.

> 
>  Ben
> 
> "You have your mind on computers, it seems."
Nadav