Re: Regarding /tmp
On Sat, Sep 22, 2001 at 10:59:58AM -0700, Jeffrey W. Baker wrote:
| Hey, don't delete my fucking work, just because I happen to have put it in
| /tmp. /tmp means "temporary", it doesn't mean "delete upon reboot". If
/tmp is only for work (such as compiling the latest vim release) on a
system where your quota is too small. /tmp does mean temporary --
that's why it gets cleared. If stuff is in there it's because someone
didn't flush, and now the init scripts have to clean up after them.
| you want that, how about "/gets-deleted-at-reboot". DUH. /tmp on Linux
| is not [...] in-memory filesystem like it is on Solaris.
If you read the FAQ that is just because ext2 is fast and Solaris'
filesystem is slow. You can mount tmpfs on /tmp if you want to.
-D
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