David Howells wrote:
>
> > 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
/proc really also should have been under /dev, however, there were
historical precendent (SysV) for /proc. However, there is no reason to
perpetuate this with additional filesystems.
-hpa
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