On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 08:22:20AM +0100, Jon Dowland wrote: > > > What's a temporary file? Really, why would applications temporarily store > > > its data in a file? They do that to *free some memory*. Placing those > > > files > > > back to memory renders the whole process of writing the file useless. > > > If the files are small and can stay in memory why would application save > > > it > > > to file? > > What if a file is large but still can fit into the memory, but app authors > > didn't assume that's possible? > > Said app authors need to learn about swap. We all know how bad can Linux behave in some conditions involving heavy swap usage. Creating a file manually seems easier and safer, but when I have several Gb of free memory I want to use it instead.
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