RAMFS(4)RAMFS(4)

NAME
ramfs – memory file system

SYNOPSIS
ramfs [ −i ] [ −S service ]

DESCRIPTION
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.

SOURCE
/usr/local/plan9/src/cmd/ramfs.c

SEE ALSO
9p(3), 9pserve(4)

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