Re: [newbie] /dev/shm (again)
On Saturday 12 January 2002 08:57 pm, Smiley wrote: > Thanks to who explained me /dev/shm (ach... I dleted the mail :( ); one > thing I wonder, anyway: when I type "df" (diskfree) on a terminal, I now > can see something like this: > > Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on > /dev/hdc5 1965344 1342184523324 72% / > none 63352 0 63352 0% /dev/shm > /dev/hdc7 1164028 1087732 17168 99% /home > /dev/hdc1 915424887536 27888 97% /mnt/windows > /dev/scd0 369634369634 0 100% /mnt/cdrom > > /dev/shm started appearing here a few weeks ago, after I tried the > "Apply Filters" option on KMail; before that, never saw it here... I'd > like to understand what's happened exactly and whay *now* /dev/shm is > listed... (you know, Windows is not exactly my fav OS because I'd like > an OS let me know what it's doing... :-) > It's similar to a ram disk. apparantly kmail uses it for filtering, I have a similar entry on mine. none 121M 0 120M 0% /dev/shm -- Gerald Waugh Registered Linux User 255245 Register at http://counter.li.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] /dev/shm (again)
Thanks to who explained me /dev/shm (ach... I dleted the mail :( ); one thing I wonder, anyway: when I type "df" (diskfree) on a terminal, I now can see something like this: Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/hdc5 1965344 1342184523324 72% / none 63352 0 63352 0% /dev/shm /dev/hdc7 1164028 1087732 17168 99% /home /dev/hdc1 915424887536 27888 97% /mnt/windows /dev/scd0 369634369634 0 100% /mnt/cdrom /dev/shm started appearing here a few weeks ago, after I tried the "Apply Filters" option on KMail; before that, never saw it here... I'd like to understand what's happened exactly and whay *now* /dev/shm is listed... (you know, Windows is not exactly my fav OS because I'd like an OS let me know what it's doing... :-) Corrado Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] /dev/shm
On Friday 11 January 2002 08:30 pm, Smiley wrote: > Could somebody tell me what's in /dev/shm, please? > > Corrado I believe it is called shared memory (virtual memory) To create a new tmpfs filesystem with a maximum filesystem size of 32 MB, type: # mount tmpfs /dev/shm -t tmpfs -o size=32m -- Gerald -- Registered Linux User 255245 Register at http://counter.li.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
