On 15 Jul 2010, at 4:52pm, Matthew L. Creech wrote: > This exists in many Linux systems as "/dev/shm", or even "/tmp" would > work fine for a lot of users.
I don't think so. Just like the older SQLite journal system, it's important that the WAL files survive through a crash. SQLite finds the WAL file the next time the database is opened, and uses the contents to restore the database to a sane and useful state. Most forms of Unix wipe the /tmp directory during boot, so the WAL file would not survive. And /dev/shm is sometimes real RAM storage so naturally that will be empty after a boot too. These options work fine for read-only databases but read-only databases don't actually need a WAL file at all. Rather than spend time writing code to move the WAL file to a different place, it makes more sense to spend that time writing code so that a WAL file is not made at all for a read-only database. Simon. _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@sqlite.org http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
