Subject: Re: /tmp vs. /var/tmp
To: Wayne Cuddy <wcuddy@crb-web.com>
From: Courtney R. Spencer <ctspencer@mindspring.com>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 12/11/2001 01:14:34
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On Sun Dec 09, 2001 at 11:45:34PM -0500, Wayne Cuddy wrote:
> What is the reason for having 2 world writable temp directories /tmp vs.
> /var/tmp.  Is it acceptable to symlink /var/tmp -> /tmp?


You might leave /var/tmp alone if you have users or processes that need=20
to write there for storing files that will not be removed from /tmp during=
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a reboot.  Since I always change clear_tmp to NO in rc.conf, it does not=20
matter in my setup.

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