> From: "Danny Terweij - Net Tuning | Net" <d.terweij@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Can I point some apps's tmp dir to /dev/shm? > > No leave it alone is my guess. > > Danny Yep. To use shared memory, you need to write programs that use specific system calls, and you have to take special precautions to make sure that the programs that share the memory are properly synchronized. When it works correctly, it's beautiful and fast. When it's used incorrectly things can crash. You can get an idea by looking at the manpages for calls like shmget(), shmat(), and related calls. Erik
