From 4bf870b776db0c9671eef71de15cb9dac74dcb91 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Hauke D Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2018 17:27:36 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Added a sentence on the virtual FS --- using.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/using.md b/using.md index bceff71..1cb3f23 100644 --- a/using.md +++ b/using.md @@ -219,6 +219,8 @@ after having passed them to JavaScript, as that will probably cause mysterious b Emscripten provides a virtual file system that also provides a few "fake" files such as `/home/web_user`, `/dev`, and others, so that it resembles a normal *NIX file system. +This filesystem resides entirely in memory in the browser. + Perl's libraries (`*.pm`) are installed into this virtual file system at `/opt/perl`. Note that because the `perl` binary is compiled to WebAssembly and XS libraries are statically linked into it, you won't find any `perl` binary or shared library files in the