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Re: Disadvantages of having /tmp as a symlink



On Friday, 21.01.2005 at 10:38 +0100, Bob Alexander wrote:

> Is there any serious drawback from having /tmp being a simple symlink
> to /var/tmp ????????
> 
> I currently have two distinct fs but lately had run in a problem of a
> package deflating and filling up /tmp while /var is much larger ...

Typically, /tmp is flushed at boot up.  Don't know if symlinking it may
stop that happening or not - probably depends on your config.

Dave.
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