Re: [TCLUG:20110] linux-2.4.0-test5/RedHat 6.2

[Mike Hicks <hick0088@tc.umn.edu>]

Ben Kochie wrote:
> 
> what is the /var/shm mount point for?

Shared memory.  I suppose it's kind of like /proc in that it makes it
easier to figure out the status of the different segments and stuff.

You actually don't have to mount it on /var/shm, but you should really
mount it somewhere.  Otherwise, some programs won't run, and other
programs (X clients, for example) will fall back to using sockets or
named pipes.

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