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From: david@utzoo.UUCP (David Trueman)
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Subject: nroff(1) and ditroff(1) take advantage of memory disk
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Date: Thu, 23-May-85 15:05:33 EDT
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Nroff(1) and ditroff(1) now keep their temporary file in /md (the new
memory disk).  They also have an option to provide an alternate mktemp(3)
style filename template, so the tempfile can be relocated.  The option is
`-y' (real mnemonic, eh?).

Preliminary benchmarks show a speedup of 2-3 times.  A further speedup in
ms(1)  jobs should result when pipes are moved onto the memory disk.
(real mnemonic, eh?)
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				David Trueman @ U of Toronto Zoology
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