sticky directory

[Matthew Miller]

On Sun, Jun 05, 2005 at 03:29:29PM +0100, Paul Howarth wrote:
> > > > Filesystem           1M-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
> > > > /dev/shm                   505         0       505   0% /dev/shm
> > > Look at the "Used" column -- it's 0Mb.
> > I agree that the ramdisk is not a problem but the df -m does not show
> > anything to make you feel better. It tells us that 505 Mb are being
> > taken up by the partition but none of it is being used. One might ask
> > why am I giving up 505Mb  of my disk if none of it is being used.
> It doesn't say that though; the device is /dev/shm, which is *not* part
> of your disk.

Also notice that the column header is "Available", not "Taken Up By". :)

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