Mounting tmpfs on /var/run and /var/lock

StringCheesian · l33t Joined: 21 Oct 2003 Posts: 887

I've noticed that Ubuntu mounts tmpfs on /var/run and /var/lock.

Why does Ubuntu do this? Would there be any point to imitating it?

nixnut · Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 3:37 pm Post subject:

well, the stuff there hardly takes up space and ram is faster than harddisk, but I doubt performance benefits are actually noticeable. Maybe it's so there's no cleaning up to do if the system shuts down, though processes should do their housekeeping themselves.
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