Chris Csanady sez:
/*
 * i was just curious what the purpose or significance of these directories
 * are.  is there some sort of convention as to what kind of stuff goes in
 * each?  im just curious because it seems that gcc puts its tmp files in
 * /var/tmp now.  im not sure, but i could have swown that they were put in
 * /tmp before.  and that is the one that i have as my mfs tmp dir.. :\

I was under the impression that editor temp files went into /var/tmp so
as not to be lost on reboot when /tmp got cleared (either explicitly
or due to /tmp being mfs), while things like compiler temporaries, X
sockets and other lifespan-specific temporary files would go into /tmp
for precisely the _opposite_ reason (i.e. "Go away, the party's over.").

 * 
 * later,
 * chris
 * 
 */





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