On Fri, 04 Jan 2008 22:30:18 +0100 Bernd Eckenfels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> why do you think it is named shm? it is used for shm_open and > shm_unlink. > (where glibc used temporary files to mmap them) Ah, I see. I have never come across a program (yet) that uses it for shared memory. Perhaps I'm just running the wrong programs. > On some systems (like mine) tmp is a symlink to it, or you use a > second instance of tmpfs. However is still is used for share memory > (only). Actually, some things use /dev/shm for non-shared-memory purposes. Like the resolvconf package. -- Hubert Chathi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP/GnuPG key: 1024D/124B61FA http://www.uhoreg.ca/ Fingerprint: 96C5 012F 5F74 A5F7 1FF7 5291 AF29 C719 124B 61FA -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
