Re: Loosing communicator file
Hi Kent,
> Well I never could get the communicator 4.5 file moved. I decided to
> download from /tmp to see if the download would end up in the /tmp
> directory and it did. I decided to install it later and went into
> windows to check my mail and when I came back to install the file was
> gone. Is this a common thing? Also while downloading I can choose from
> the "supported" or "unsupported" communicator 4.5. Is there any
> difference? I couldn't find anything at the site about which to pick.
I'm not sure whether I understand what you're saying or not but... Are
you saying that you downloaded netscape communicator into the /tmp
directory, then rebooted into Windows 95/98, returned to linux, and
discovered that the file was gone?
If so, then the explanation is easy. The /tmp directory is for files which
are not meant to hang around for a long time. I think what happens
is that when the machine is rebooted, debian linux is configured to delete
everything in the /tmp directory.
Unfortunately I think you will need to download the file again. The
best thing to do is to download it into a different directory, and then
copy it across to /tmp just before you try and install it.
Hope this helps,
Mark.
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