In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: >> It is for example used to map shared memory. ... > > No, it is a tmpfs directory for temporary files. It has nothing to do > with shared memory.
why do you think it is named shm? it is used for shm_open and shm_unlink. (where glibc used temporary files to mmap them) On some systems (like mine) tmp is a symlink to it, or you use a second instance of tmpfs. However is still is used for share memory (only). Gruss Bernd -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
