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  • From: julian AT openit.de (Julian v. Bock)
  • To: Phil/CERisE/KG6MBQ <cerise AT littlegreenmen.armory.com>
  • Cc: Source Mage Discuss <sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Discuss] tmpfs
  • Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 10:55:45 +0200

Hi

>>>>> "P" == Phil/CERisE/KG6MBQ <cerise AT littlegreenmen.armory.com> writes:

P> If the answer is "no" (which I suspect it is), then what's the
P> advantage of tmpfs again?

I like it because my fs doesn't get filled with the remains of failed
compiles. After a reboot everything is gone, and if I want to
clean up manually all I have to do is the following:

cd /usr/src
umount *
rmdir *

This leaves the kernel dir / link intact.

Julian




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