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NAME
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ramfs – memory file system
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SYNOPSIS
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ramfs [ −i ] [ −S service ]
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DESCRIPTION
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Ramfs starts a 9P file server keeping all files in memory. Initially
the file tree is empty.
By default ramfs posts its service as ramfs using 9pserve(4).
The −S flag specifies an alternate service name for ramfs to use.
The −i flag tells ramfs to use file descriptors 0 and 1 for its
communication channel rather than create a pipe. This makes it
possible to use ramfs as a file server on a remote machine: the
file descriptors 0 and 1 will be the network channel from ramfs
to the client machine.
This program is useful mainly as an example of how to write a
user-level file server. It can also be used to provide high-performance
temporary files.
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