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Does memory allocated to tmpfs free itself when needed by an application?
I have 8GB of RAM and 4GB is dedicated to the tmpfs on /dev/shm.
There's nothing actually in /dev/shm, so I'm wondering, is this memory still available for applications to use?
If I needed to use ...
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Have I successfully created an ramfs drive?
I thought I had created a ramfs drive, but when I type df -H all I get is following.
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda5 69G 8.5G 57G 14% /
/dev/...
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