On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 05:51:34PM -0800, John H. Robinson, IV wrote: > Steve Langasek wrote: > > Not /tmp -- it's kosher for admin scripts to wipe out /tmp while the > > machine is still running. Losing resolv.conf this way would be a Bad > > Thing. :) > would you beleive that seconds before reading this email, the thought > came to my head: ``tmp reapers'' > nah, didn;t think so, but i did. so that _does_ rule out /tmp, even if > it otherwise fits the bill. > i concur that /boot/anything is bad. double bind mounts of /var/run > seems kludgy and distasteful (even if it would work). > so what shall we name this new top level directory? > /mem /ram /run /shm /volatile /vtl ? I favor /run, since /run : /var/run :: /bin : /usr/bin. -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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