[Gllug] Size of tmpfs

[Xander D Harkness]

On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 12:49:48PM +0000, Dylan wrote:
> On Friday 10 January 2003 11:55, Adam Bower wrote:
> > On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 09:22:19AM +0000, Dylan wrote:
> > > Now, I'd like to get the contents of /var/tmp into the tmpfs as well.
> > > Obviously I could set up two tmpfs's - one for /tmp and one for /var/tmp.
> > > Would it be possible/advisable to set up a link from one to the other
> > > (i.e. a link from /var/tmp to /tmp ?)
> >
> > Unless I am mistaken the tmpfs contents of /tmp are not preserved over
> > reboots? in which case it would breach the Linux fhs
> > http://www.pathname.com/fhs/2.2/fhs-5.15.html
> >
> > "5.15 /var/tmp : Temporary files preserved between system reboots" although
> > if this would be a problem or not would be down to you.
> 
> Since /var/tmp seems to be permanently empty, I figure I'll leave it as it is.

Amanda makes good use of /var/tmp

:-)

kind regards
Xander
 
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> Dylan
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