Re: Debian quirks?

["Brian C. White" <bcwhite@verisim.com>]

> > /tmp
> > Several programs seems to prefer /tmp over /var/tmp.  I have a 30MB /
> > partition, and only about 10MB space free on /tmp.   This didn't work very
> > well while trying to restore a 50MB file from taper.  (I've now mounted
> > 100MB on /tmp to avoid the problem.)
> 
> I've got several machines that install with an absurdly small root or
> /tmp partition.  What I usually to is blow away /tmp, and replace it
> with a link to /usr/tmp or /var/tmp depending on the machine.

Be careful with this...  /tmp is cleaned during system bootup while /var/tmp
is not.  Setting this link could cause /var/tmp to be cleaned at bootup,
possibly erasing files that should not have been.

                                        Brian
                               ( bcwhite@verisim.com )

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