Does the sticky bit do anything for executables? The chmod(2) man page says:
t Save text permission.
In earlier versions of the UNIX system, setting this permission bit
caused the text segment of a program to remain in virtual memory after
its first use. The system thus avoided having to transfer the program
code of frequently accessed programs into the paging area. A t appears
in the execute position of the all others option to indicate that the
file has this bit (the sticky bit) set.
Does OSF/1 respect this bit? I can't even think of a good way to test it.
Maybe someone could look at the source. Is there a better way to keep a process
in memory? Thanks.
-drew
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