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| From | Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.advocacy |
| Subject | Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue |
| Date | 2016-01-21 11:05 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <n7qds6$uou$1@deskrabbit.motzarella.org> (permalink) |
| References | (4 earlier) <ghsjd93.fjkd@rooftop.invalid> <n7o7lj$i49$1@deskrabbit.motzarella.org> <thjgdu82f.kfia@rooftop.invalid> <n7q958$g18$1@deskrabbit.motzarella.org> <ghdjs03.afe93@rooftop.invalid> |
On 21/01/2016 10:48, owl wrote: > Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> wrote: >> On 20/01/2016 19:23, owl wrote: >>> Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> wrote: >>>> On 19/01/2016 09:48, 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. :) >>>>> >>>> >>>> On a throw away isolated VM based system? You find that entertaining? >>>> How odd. >>>> >>> >>> I find it entertaining that you did this on what appears to be a mail >>> server. Even if it's just a lab VM for testing, it's probably more >>> important than a "throw away," and you shouldn't just blindly run >>> a command on it as root if you don't understand what the command does. >> >> Calling a machine "bigdick" doesn't make it a dildo. >> > > You gave a hostname of "mail" to a machine that is not a mail server? > Yeah, sure you did. LOL. Whatever, the name tells you SFA about the function and the fact still remains that it was an isolated VM. > >>> >>>> How else could I display the error without running the command??? >>> >>> You wouldn't get the error message if you had read the man page. >>> Or did you think that size was given in Roman numerals? >>> >> >> Reading the man page doesn't give a error output to illustrate an >> incorrect command line. > > Do you really expect a man page to illustrate the myriad ways a command > might be mistyped? The program itself gave you an error output. The man > page describes the return codes, which you can check with `echo $?`. > > Most importantly to this case though, the man page also tells you how > the "size=" option is used. No mention of Roman numerals though. > Are you deliberately missing the point just so you can have an argument?
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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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