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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!garlic.com!fox.almaden.ibm.com!uunet!in1.uu.net!news.mathworks.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!usenet1.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!EU.net!news.eunet.fi!news.spb.su!satisfy.kiae.su!glukr!info.elvisti.kiev.ua!office.elvisti.kiev.ua!stesin From: stesin@elvisti.kiev.ua (Andrew V. Stesin) Subject: Re: MFS - Why? X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2+] Sender: news@info.elvisti.kiev.ua (News Subsystem) Organization: ElVisti Information center Message-ID: <DsFL3q.4Hw@info.elvisti.kiev.ua> References: <AEn4jRr0u3@qsar.chem.msu.su> <npX7tgO@quack.kfu.com> X-Nntp-Posting-Host: office.elvisti.kiev.ua Date: Mon, 3 Jun 1996 15:45:25 GMT Lines: 21 Nick Sayer (nsayer@quack.kfu.com) wrote: : I don't claim to be too knowledgeable about it, but I do have one : pragmatic reason for using MFS on /tmp/: : A lot of the time swap space is unused. Why? Because you have to plan [...] Not the only one. Generally, having /tmp as MFS allows you to keep your root partition clean (and don't waste a separate partition for tempfiles). -- With best regards -- Andrew Stesin. +380 (44) 2760188 +380 (44) 2713457 +380 (44) 2713560 "You may delegate authority, but not responsibility." Frank's Management Rule #1.