[lug] RAM based files, file systems

Nate Duehr nate at natetech.com
Tue Jan 27 21:37:27 MST 2004


Steve Sullivan wrote:
> Is it possible to create files, or file systems,
> that exist only in RAM?  Long ago Solaris supported
> such a feature, but I don't find it in Linux.
> 
> Kind of like /proc, but where users can write small temp files
> for better performance.

I don't know if it's the "proper" way anymore, but a quick Google search 
turned up this:

http://www.linuxfocus.org/English/November1999/article124.html

I'm playing with it right now.  ;-)

Nate Duehr, nate at natetech.com



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