On Tue, 2002-02-05 at 22:54, kpc wrote: > Does anyone know how or why this has occurred? > > > [garden@tabatha garden]$ df > Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on > /dev/hda6 4332624 246820 3865716 7% / > /dev/hda1 31079 5167 24308 18% /boot > /dev/hda5 15124868 1195060 13161504 9% /usr > none 63056 0 63056 0% /dev/shm > [garden@tabatha garden]$ file /dev/shm > /dev/shm: sticky directory > [garden@tabatha garden]$ cd /dev/shm > [garden@tabatha shm]$ ls -la > total 84 > drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 0 Jan 29 03:01 . > drwxr-xr-x 17 root root 81920 Jan 29 03:01 .. > [garden@tabatha shm]$ > > > > > The /dev/shm is what I am referring to. > > I have looked on the web but cannot find too much info on this. Thanks.
It is a shared memory virual directory I belive. IIUC it allows interprocess memory sharing for variables and the like. I have not had time to dig into ti and am hoping someone will step in and set me straight or at least point to relevent docs. man -k /dev/shm # no hits man -k shared # only the low level system call stuff and bunch of tcl function calls. Bret _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
