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Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue

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>

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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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