Date: Tue, 04 Jul 1995 17:04:42 -0700 From: David Greenman <davidg@Root.COM> To: mbailey@gnu.ai.mit.edu Cc: mbailey@misha.net, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: tmpfs? Message-ID: <199507050004.RAA11108@corbin.Root.COM> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 04 Jul 95 19:30:30 EDT." <Pine.SUN.3.91.950704192846.25823B-100000@cps201>
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>Is there a way to do somehting similar to Sun's TMPFS where SWAP and RAM >are mounted on /tmp instead of on a real filesystem this would make >compiles that use the /tmp files very fast because they never have to >leave ram to the drive unless there is a reason to Swap... We have an "MFS" memory filesystem that is often used for this purpose. You'll gain a lot more by using the "-pipe" option with CC, however, as this avoids the temporary files altogether. -DG
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