Re: more cvs performance questions (I think they are at least

[Derek Robert Price]

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Larry Jones wrote:

|>a)     Just what is an in-memory file system?
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|Just what it says -- a filesystem where the data only exists in memory
|(rather than being written to a disk); they are commonly used for /tmp.
|If you're already using such a filesystem for /tmp, you can just put
|LockDir on /tmp (e.g., /tmp/CVSLockDir).  I believe the Solaris variety
|is called tmpfs.


Although you might have to worry about any /tmp sweepers you run if you
put LockDir in /tmp.  Some programs which clean /tmp periodically will
remove the LockDir if configured improperly.

Derek

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