On Sun, Jun 05, 2005 at 03:29:29PM +0100, Paul Howarth wrote: > > > > Filesystem 1M-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on > > > > /dev/shm 505 0 505 0% /dev/shm > > > Look at the "Used" column -- it's 0Mb. > > I agree that the ramdisk is not a problem but the df -m does not show > > anything to make you feel better. It tells us that 505 Mb are being > > taken up by the partition but none of it is being used. One might ask > > why am I giving up 505Mb of my disk if none of it is being used. > It doesn't say that though; the device is /dev/shm, which is *not* part > of your disk. Also notice that the column header is "Available", not "Taken Up By". :) -- Matthew Miller mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx <http://www.mattdm.org/> Boston University Linux ------> <http://linux.bu.edu/> Current office temperature: 80 degrees Fahrenheit.
