On Mon, 2002-12-23 at 11:26, Fred wrote: > > Ola! > > > > I'm having a problem with symbolic links. I have used the ln - s without any > > problem for some time, but everytime i try to stick the /tmp to /var/tmp > > with ln - s /var/tmp /tmp it works until i reboot my machine. When i turn on > > my computer i loose always that link but keep the others, for exemple, ln-s > > /usr/opt /opt. What's wrong with my tmp directory?? > > > > In Debian GNU/Linux system, /tmp is always wiped out at boot time. > You should find the explanation in the /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh script. > > Cu. > > Fred. > > +-------+------------------ -------------------+ > | ,-. |Frederic BURLET Linux Forever... | > | oo| |Chercheur MILOS - UCL/FSA/INGI | > | /`'_) |HomePage : http://www.info.fundp.ac.be/~fburlet | > |(\__|/ |NamurLUG : http://namurlug.org | > +-------+-------------------------------------------------+ I used to do that, too, until I learned that there is a distinction between the two now - some programs expect the contents of /var/tmp to persist between restarts (particularly logcheck) while /tmp is wiped each time. -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP ML Kahnt New Markets Consulting Tel: (613) 531-8684 / (613) 539-0935 Email: kahnt@hosehead.dyndns.org
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