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From: pwilcox@paldn.UUCP (Peter McLeod Wilcox)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: Re: sticky bit under UNIX 5.3
Summary: Keep code image
Message-ID: <172@paldn.UUCP>
Date: 21 Feb 90 18:46:08 GMT
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In article <34@cimcor.MN.ORG>, mike@cimcor.MN.ORG (Michael Grenier) writes:
>  What does setting the sticky bit mean in a UNIX 5.3 paging system?

The system will keep the code image in memory (physical or virtual) in
the expectation of running it again.  Note that paging in from swap space
should be a lot faster than loading the executable again.
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Pete Wilcox		...gatech!nanovx!techwood!paldn!pwilcox