Difference between pages "Ls" and "Ramdisk"

Revision as of 13:55, 20 December 2008

A Ramdisk in Linux can be created on the /tmp folder using the command

mount -t tmpfs tmpfs /tmp -o size=512M

In this case, the Ramdisk will be 512MB big.

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-ls is a [[command]] that list files in a given directory. If no directory is given, it lists the files in the current working directory:
+A [[Ramdisk]] in Linux can be created on the /tmp folder using the command
-<pre>
+  mount -t tmpfs tmpfs /tmp -o size=512M
-tweedleburg:~/svn/kdepim # ls
+In this case, the Ramdisk will be 512MB big.
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-.kateconfig          akonadi                kitchensync        lib
-[...]
-</pre>
-= How to... =
-== only list directories ==
-  ls -d */
-== Sort by date ==
-List with the latest changed files below:
- ls -ltr
-== find out the free disk space ==
-You do not use ls, but df:
- [[df]] -h
-tells you how much disk space is left.
-== find out the size of a directory ==
-You do not use ls, but du:
- [[du]] -sh ''directory''
-= See also =
-* [http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?ls ls' man page]
-* [[stat]] -- date of last access, change and modification
-[[Category:Command]]