what is /var/run on Solaris 8

[kporeddy]

Hi

I have installed Solaris 8 on 420R. I have given the swap file system 2GB, but I am seeing another swap file sytem with /var/run with 2GB.

Can any one help what is /var/run.

the out put is like this :/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s0 1489367 948726 481067 67% /
/proc 0 0 0 0% /proc
fd 0 0 0 0% /dev/fd
mnttab 0 0 0 0% /etc/mnttab
swap 2918880 0 2918880 0% /var/run
swap 2918896 16 2918880 1% /tmp
/dev/dsk/c0t1d0s1 15337103 9 15183723 1% /d002
/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s4 15388143 9 15234253 1% /d001
/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s3 482455 464 433746 1% /export/home

Thanks in advance

karan

 

[jdhinze]

The /var/run File System
A new TMPFS-mounted file system, /var/run, is the repository for temporary system files that are not needed across system reboots in this Solaris release and future releases. The /tmp directory continues to be repository for non-system temporary files.

Because /var/run is mounted as a memory-based file system rather than a disk-based file system, updates to this directory do not cause unnecessary disk traffic that would interfere with systems running power management software.

The /var/run directory requires no administration. You may notice that it is not unmounted with the umount -a or the umountall command.

For security reasons, /var/run is owned by root.

 

[kporeddy]

jdhinze ,Thans you very much for kind information.

karan