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Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue

From owl <owl@rooftop.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue
Date 2016-01-20 19:23 +0000
Organization O.W.L.
Message-ID <thjgdu82f.kfia@rooftop.invalid> (permalink)
References (1 earlier) <n6gahv$pao$1@deskrabbit.motzarella.org> <4150ecf6-8562-4f49-be9f-c5ecbda17c94@googlegroups.com> <n7ieu1$7cn$1@deskrabbit.motzarella.org> <ghsjd93.fjkd@rooftop.invalid> <n7o7lj$i49$1@deskrabbit.motzarella.org>

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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. 

> 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?

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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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