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I can't think of anything _exactly_ like that, but I think you can get close by just copying some type of image file to /tmp and then moving it to disk when you
by ranger_danger 3y ago
I can't think of anything _exactly_ like that, but I think you can get close by just copying some type of image file to /tmp and then moving it to disk when you're done after unmounting.
- AgentME 3y ago/tmp isn't stored in memory; it's usually a normal on-disk filesystem that's cleared regularly. You want /dev/shm instead, which is a purely in-memory filesystem on normal Linux systems.
- codetrotter 3y ago> /tmp isn't stored in memory It is if your system uses tmpfs for /tmp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tmpfs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tmpfs
- throwway120385 3y agoThe point they were trying to make is that it doesn't have to be, and it isn't in several of the Linux systems I've used over the years. Assuming that it is is a bad idea.
- arjvik 3y ago/dev/shm always is though