SUMMARY: 'Installed' images

From: R.K.Hillman <R.K.Hillman_at_bton.ac.uk>
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 16:07:31 +0100

I wrote:

>Does anyone know if it is possible to install images, like you
>can on OpenVMS, so saving memory? We have large numbers of
>users running the same program. If it were possible to
>do the equivalent of install /open/header/shared on Digital
>Unix 4.0, this would be great!
>
>Ray

Thanks to all who replied. Digital Unix does this automatically
it seems. It is the default.

There is a note in the man page for chmod:

  t [Digital] Save text permission.

  [Digital] 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 hav-
  ing 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.

which implies you don't need to do this any more!

Thanks to:

"MLM::BLAKEW"_at_teak.fuller.com
alan_at_nabeth.cxo.dec.com
thomas_at_lkg.dec.com
webster_at_europa.mdc.com
bennett_at_hpel.cees.edu
olle_at_cb.uu.se
crossmd_at_heu534.ha.uk.sbphrd.com
coxa_at_cableol.net
munhoven_at_olive.msm.ulg.ac.be
del_at_intranet.com
beej_at_media.mit.edu

Ray

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