Re: what /dev/shm

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> RongZhong ZHOU wrote:

> when use disk browser, I found a /dev/shm partition on harddisk, but
> it's empty with more 100M useless, how to merge it with my linux
> partition?

It is not a partition, and it's not on your hard drive. It is a part of
your RAM (memory), it is used as a handle for programs to access "shared
memory" (shm is an abbreviation of shared memory). Nothing to worry
about, and not useless!

Best regards,
Martin Stricker
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