Pablo Manalastas wrote:
> I think I'm losing touch here, but on my machine /bin/df shows
> space used and available on each mounted fs partition. It does
> not show swap space usage. /usr/bin/free does, however, show
> swap space used and available. Also, what does removing files
> from /tmp have to do with freeing swap space? What happens to
> critical files in /tmp, like mysql sockets? Mysql will fail
> when this is done. Isn't swap part of the virtual memory system
> of Linux, and as such /bin/rm is not the proper tool to manage it?
He's using tmpfs for /tmp. tmpfs uses some of your swap space to store
temporary files. Accessing files stored on a tmpfs is usually faster
compared to an normal fs.
BTW, according to the other post, he's using Solaris, which according to
Orlando, is using a tmpfs-like file system.
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