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Old 03-03-2008, 02:59 PM
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I found this directory but it has nothing in it. I can't 'umount' it because it is busy. What is the purpose of this mount point?

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none                   1037356        20   1037336   1% /dev/shm
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Old 03-05-2008, 02:30 PM
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It is used as a memory storage between applications.
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