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		pizlonator 65 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Save your disk, write files directly into RAM with... The reason why this might be a bad idea is that /dev/shm is used for shm_open(3). So in theory some program might pass a name to shm_open that collides with whatever you put in /dev/shm. Unlikely but possible

layer8 65 days ago [–]

How is that different from two unrelated programs using shm_open with conflicting file names? Such programs need to ensure unique names anyway.

pizlonator 63 days ago | [–]

Expecting a program to do that is one thing.

Expecting yourself to do that when you use /dev/sum is another

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