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From: vandys@hpisoa1.HP.COM (Andrew Valencia)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.microport
Subject: Re: WD1006 Controller on 386/ix
Message-ID: <11190008@hpisoa1.HP.COM>
Date: 3 Aug 88 18:52:16 GMT
References: <865@altger.UUCP>
Organization: Hewlett Packard, Cupertino
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/ hpisoa1:comp.unix.microport / chip@ateng.UUCP (Chip Salzenberg) / 10:02 am  Aug  2, 1988 /
>Some of the more frequently-used programs can have their load times reduced
>dramatically by setting the sticky bit (chmod +t).  This will load the
>program text once and leave it in memory, waiting for its next invocation.

    I believe (unless they've REALLY changed things) that it'll only keep
it in the swap area.  It can still be swapped out and its memory resued.

					Andy