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Re: Symlinking /tmp to /var...



Hello there,

On Sat, 14 Oct 2000 kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote:

> On Sat, Oct 14, 2000 at 05:45:26AM -0500, Bud Rogers (budr@sirinet.net) wrote:
> > On Sat, 14 Oct 2000, Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote:
> > 
> > > Alternatively symlink /tmp to the existing /var/tmp
> > 
> > That would have been my suggestion.  Anything wrong with that?
> 
> Check your init scripts.  /tmp is wiped on boot.  /var/tmp may not be.

In a standard installation (i.e. you havn't modified the init-scripts
yourself), /var/tmp is wiped. So the symlink way worked for me without the
slightest problem.
Regards,
Daniel



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