[CentOS] why i can not put my swap files in /dev?

Jerry McAllister wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 06, 2010 at 06:41:06PM +0800, Tang Jianwei wrote:
>
>> I tried to create some swap files in /dev directory for my desktop.
>> the dd and mkswap were ok. but when I try to swapon it, i get this:
>>
>> # swapon /dev/myswap
>> swapon: /dev/myswap: Invalid argument
>>
>> but when I mv the file to some other directory like /mnt or /, the
>> swapon works.
>>
>> could sb. tell me why?

Well, /dev is *not* a good place for anything but device files.
>
> /dev is not a real directory for data files.
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Um, er, what do you mean about it not being a "real" directory?

          mark

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