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diff --git a/man5/tmpfs.5 b/man5/tmpfs.5 index 43ccb4410a..5bdc8939c7 100644 --- a/man5/tmpfs.5 +++ b/man5/tmpfs.5 @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ facility allows the creation of filesystems whose contents reside in virtual memory. Since the files on such filesystems typically reside in RAM, file access is extremely fast. - +.PP The filesystem is automatically created when mounting a filesystem with the type .BR tmpfs @@ -78,13 +78,13 @@ For a description of the mount options that may be employed when mounting a .B tmpfs filesystem, see .BR mount (8). - +.PP In order for user-space tools and applications to create .B tmpfs filesystems, the kernel must be configured with the .B CONFIG_TMPFS option. - +.PP The .BR tmpfs filesystem supports extended attributes (see @@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ filesystem supports extended attributes (see but .I user extended attributes are not permitted. - +.PP An internal shared memory filesystem is used for System V shared memory .RB ( shmget (2)) @@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ This filesystem is available regardless of whether the kernel was configured with the .B CONFIG_TMPFS option. - +.PP A .B tmpfs filesystem mounted at @@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ as used for the implementation of POSIX shared memory .RB ( shm_overview (7)) and POSIX semaphores .RB ( sem_overview (7)). - +.PP The amount of memory consumed by all .B tmpfs filesystems is shown in the @@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ and in the .I shared field displayed by .BR free (1). - +.PP The .B tmpfs facility was formerly called |