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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!news.kei.com!MathWorks.Com!news2.near.net!news.delphi.com!usenet From: John Dyson <dysonj@delphi.com> Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc Subject: Re: Whats wrong with Linux networking ??? Date: Mon, 15 Aug 94 03:11:47 -0500 Organization: Delphi (info@delphi.com email, 800-695-4005 voice) Lines: 17 Message-ID: <R02y0Z7.dysonj@delphi.com> References: <RSANDERS.94Aug9003813@hrothgar.mindspring.com> <1994Aug13.012953.5809@cs.brown.edu> <32jp2u$bpb@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM> <32ll52$n7d@quagga.ru.ac.za> <1994Aug15.034939.20997@cs.brown.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: bos1g.delphi.com X-To: Mark Weaver <mhw@cs.brown.edu> Mark Weaver <mhw@cs.brown.edu> writes: >disk activity. I always get significant disk activity from compiling, >even though my /tmp is a ramdisk. Hmmm... Just thought of something.... Does gcc use TMPDIR for the temporary files. I noticed that I have a: export TMPDIR=/tmp in my .profile... I do notice that when I don't have my /tmp mounted that the disk chatters much more than usual... Just a thought.. John dyson@implode.root.com