Ramdrive vs disk cache for temporary files

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From: Pradeep K Tapadiya
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 18:01

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Howdy netters,

Some compilers, linkers, and editors create intermediate files
which gets deleted at the end of the job.

Of a ramdrive or a disk cache, which one is more suitable for
such temporary files?

How about caching a ram-drive? Does it make sense?

Thank you for your help.

Pradeep
tpradeep@cs.tamu.edu

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