[ale] tmpfs resizing?

Brian Pitts brian at polibyte.com
Thu Dec 6 21:16:59 EST 2007


Isn't the size of a tmpfs initially small, then dynamically increased as 
needed and shrunk when possible? I think the size option to mount sets a 
hard limit on growth, with the default being half of memory.

-Brian

Robert L. Harris wrote:
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>   Anyone using tmpfs for /tmp?  I mounted mine and it's working well but
> I would like to make it a bit larger.  Has anyone figured out how to
> make tmpfs larger or smaller than default?
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> Robert



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