I wrote: > Executables, being read-only, are mapped directly from disk and never > use any swap at all. Only data gets mapped to swap.
Karsten writes: > Is this a GNU/Linux thing or a more general Unix/POSIX thing? Neither. It's a virtual-memory thing. It's the obvious thing to do as soon as you have vm. > Recent development or long-time feature. VMS had it from day one, I believe, and Berkeley introduced it into Unix when they ported it to the VAX. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
