On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 04:16:08 +0000, T o n g wrote: > > n Sat, 11 Oct 2008 20:55:55 +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > >> I used to have the tmpfs /dev/shm, but lost it due to recent update. > >> > >> I'm wondering who is in charge of creating it -- so as to get it back. > > > > /etc/init.d/mountdevsubfs.sh > > hmm... I have that file and still don't have /dev/shm.
The file has to be linked somewhere so that it is called during boot: $ find -L /etc/rc?.d -samefile /etc/init.d/mountdevsubfs.sh /etc/rcS.d/S04mountdevsubfs.sh > Trying to find the reason myself, I found the real reason that I don't > have /dev/shm: > > % domount tmpfs shmfs /dev/shm tmpfs -onosuid,nodev > Files under mount point '/dev/shm' will be hidden. (warning). > > Why is that? That message means that /dev/shm was already existing and that there was at least one file in it. Mounting the new shmfs will hide all files under the mountpoint; that happens whenever you mount something on a non-empty directory. > How can I let the script not hide files under /dev/shm? How exactly did you assert that /dev/shm was not existing already? The script seems to have found it and even some files in it. You can run the same check: $ source /lib/init/mount-functions.sh $ is_empty_dir /dev/shm $ echo $? 1 The non-zero exit status means "false", i.e. the directory is not empty. -- Regards, | http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer Florian | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
