Once upon a time, Alan Cox <alan(a)lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> said:
The V7 manual doesn't quite agree with you. The sticky bit
simply
indicates that the code segment for the binary should be kept around in
memory/swap (fast storage) not discarded. It might get set on a tiny
number of root apps to tune performance.
The only time I remember seeing it set was on /usr/bin/emacs on a
Sequent Symmetry (the wonderful world of DYNIX/ptx and choosing your
"universe").
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Chris Adams <cmadams(a)hiwaay.net>
Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.