On 28/05/12 08:15, Miles Bader wrote: > Salvo Tomaselli <tiposchi@tiscali.it> writes: >>> This is indeed a valid point. But that’s no regression; /tmp has >>> always been for small short-lived files, and /var/tmp for those >>> that are not one of them or not both. >> >> You just made up this difference. > > No he didn't, it's common practice from unix-days-of-yore (though it > was /usr/tmp or whatever back then...). > > -miles > common practice? sorry I don't know about any standard which such name. Can you link here any document which says that its recommended the use of /tmp for "small" files? -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Carlos Alberto Lopez Perez http://neutrino.es Igalia - Free Software Engineering http://www.igalia.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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