Re: Does /var/shm still need to be mounted?

From: David Howells (David.Howells@nexor.co.uk)
Date: Thu Jun 01 2000 - 03:05:17 EST

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> Thomas Molina writes:
>
> > 1. Why is /var/shm such a bad place?
...
> It really doesn't. It belongs in /dev more than anything, just like
> /dev/pts and friends.

Why not mount it under /proc somewhere? Maybe /proc/shm.

David Howells

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