Re: Why is /var/tmp not mounted on swap?


Ken Gray wrote:
In article <1156859392.730382.215450@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"greek_philosophizer@xxxxxxxxxxx" <greek_philosophizer@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Why is /var/tmp not mounted on swap like /tmp?

/var/tmp seems to accumulate old files and could also be used to fill
/.

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<nit>
/tmp is NOT mounted on swap - it's tmpfs, which is backed by swap. df -k
lies when it says "swap" for /tmp.
</nit>


tmpfs will use up memory first, then swap.

Victor

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