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06-30-2010, 05:45 AM	#1
maheshp86 LQ Newbie Registered: Jun 2010 Location: mumbai Posts: 22 Rep:	swap and tmpfs hi can anybody clarify my doubts what is the difference between swap and tmpfs filesystem?? also what is the use of /dev/pts and /dev/shm ?

06-30-2010, 06:15 AM	#2
tizzef Member Registered: Jan 2005 Location: Nice, France Distribution: Ubuntu,RHES, Mandriva, RHAS, AIX 4.3.3, 5.2 & 5.3, Debian,Solaris8/10 Posts: 119 Rep:	As I know the tmpfs is pseudo-filesystem basing on swappable cache so it resides either in memory or in swap area.

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