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Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue

From owl <owl@rooftop.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue
Date 2016-01-26 15:54 +0000
Organization O.W.L.
Message-ID <ghjsoe03.ap2@rooftop.invalid> (permalink)
References (1 earlier) <n6gahv$pao$1@deskrabbit.motzarella.org> <4150ecf6-8562-4f49-be9f-c5ecbda17c94@googlegroups.com> <n7ieu1$7cn$1@deskrabbit.motzarella.org> <ghsjd93.fjkd@rooftop.invalid> <n85eit$82p$2@dont-email.me>

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DFS <nospam@dfs.com> wrote:
> On 1/19/2016 4:48 AM, owl wrote:
>> Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> wrote:
>>> On 13/01/2016 13:31, John Gohde wrote:
>>>> On Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 6:51:01 AM UTC-5, Desk Rabbit wrote:
>>>>> On 04/01/2016 19:58, Vile Strong wrote:
>>>>>> One of the highly useful capabilities of the Linux OS is
>>>>>> the tmpfs, which is a temporary file system located entirely
>>>>>> in RAM.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The user can invoke a tmpfs any time and of any size with
>>>>>> the command:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> mount -t tmpfs -o size=XG,mode=0777 tmpfs /mount-point
>>>>>>
>>>>>> A tmpfs can be used for a variety of purposes, such as the speedy
>>>>>> compile of a large program or a very quick "scratch" storage
>>>>>> for very large data processing.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Does Microsoft Windows have this capability?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> FUCK NO!!!!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That's another testament to the superiority of Linux over
>>>>>> Microsoft.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> And of course, your given example doesn't work
>>>>>
>>>>> [root@mail ~]# mount -t tmpfs -o size=XG,mode=0777 tmpfs /mnt/tmpfs
>>>>> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on tmpfs,
>>>>>           missing codepage or helper program, or other error
>>>>>           (for several filesystems (e.g. nfs, cifs) you might
>>>>>           need a /sbin/mount.<type> helper program)
>>>>>           In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
>>>>>           dmesg | tail  or so
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> It's the size=XG that's wrong, you need to specify a number i.e. 1G for
>>>>> one gigabyte.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> OR IF YOU HAD A BRAIN, rodent, the ue of an "X" script should have been self-explanatory.
>>>
>>> Oh do explain what an "X" script is in this context great Linux master.
>>>
>>> This should be good........
>>>
>>> :-)
>>>
>>
>> It can't possibly be as good as you running a command as root without
>> scrutinizing it first.  :)
> 
> mount needs "scrutinizing"?
> 

You be the judge.

root@lowtide:~# mount |grep sda1
/dev/sda1 on / type ext4 (rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered)
/dev/sda1 on /mnt/blah type ext4 (rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered)
root@lowtide:~# cat /foo
cat: /foo: No such file or directory
root@lowtide:~# echo "nah" > /mnt/blah/foo
root@lowtide:~# cat /foo
nah
root@lowtide:~#

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Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue John Gohde <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2016-01-13 05:31 -0800
  Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2016-01-18 10:34 +0000
    Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-01-19 09:48 +0000
      Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2016-01-20 15:07 +0000
        Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-01-20 19:23 +0000
          Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2016-01-21 09:44 +0000
            Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-01-21 10:48 +0000
              Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2016-01-21 11:05 +0000
                Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-01-21 13:11 +0000
                Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2016-01-21 16:52 +0000
                Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-01-21 18:30 +0000
                Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2016-01-22 09:47 +0000
                Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2016-01-22 14:11 +0100
                Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2016-01-22 12:59 -0500
                Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2016-01-22 22:33 +0100
                Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2016-01-22 15:22 -0700
                Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2016-01-23 09:34 -0500
                Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2016-01-25 07:19 -0600
                Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-01-25 08:59 -0500
                Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2016-01-25 10:22 -0500
                Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2016-01-25 14:58 +0000
                Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2016-01-25 11:23 -0500
                Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2016-01-25 18:38 +0100
                Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2016-01-25 12:52 -0500
                Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2016-01-25 16:58 -0500
                Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2016-01-25 17:35 -0500
                Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-01-26 18:39 +0000
                Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-03-22 11:35 -0700
      Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-01-25 10:24 -0500
        Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2016-01-25 15:36 +0000
          Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-01-25 11:18 -0500
            Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-01-26 15:58 +0000
          Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-01-26 17:16 +0000
        Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-01-26 15:54 +0000
          Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-01-26 14:09 -0500
            Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-01-26 21:16 +0000
              Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue Slimer <a.m@unseen.is.invalid> - 2016-01-26 17:17 -0500
                Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-01-26 23:20 +0000
                Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2016-01-27 12:11 -0700
                Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-01-27 21:26 +0000

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