Hi Ivan.
>> I have to admit that tmpfs is new to me, but I would assume it's
>> a filing system for temporary files, that works along the lines
>> of a ramdisk?
> Don't let the name fool you. This filesystem is used for share
> memory and is extension to shmfs (that should be obsolete in
> 2.6.x kernels). It is temporaly becouse it loses all it's
> content on reboot/umount.
Ah - so not what I assumed at all. That completely changes the
scenario. Thanks for clarifying that.
Best wishes from Riley.
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