[H-GEN] The `save text' attribute.

[Jason Parker]

Standard unix docs say that doing a

example% chmod o+t executable

sets a bit on the file that forces the OS to save the text of the
executable on the swap device the first time that it's run.  The 
man page (linux) for chmod bears this out, and so, my question is:

Is there any point to doing this?  (Keeping in mind that my box is
pretty puny.)  I would have imagined that keeping a copy of the text
on swap would have little point, as they're both the same physical
disk on my system.

If there is a point, what are good candidates for this sort of
treatment?  (I rarely use all of my swap space, hence the query.)
AFAICT, perl is a good one, called regularly, but infrequently.

Comments and suggestions are welcome.

Jason

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