tech-pkg: Re: /var/run on different platforms

Subject: Re: /var/run on different platforms
To: Takahiro Kambe <taca@back-street.net>
From: grant beattie <grant@netbsd.org>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 03/10/2003 04:33:26

On Sun, Mar 09, 2003 at 11:27:49PM +0900, Takahiro Kambe wrote:

> > I know OpenBSD, FreeBSD and Solaris have it,  MacOS X/Darwin probably as
> Solaris 8 and later have /var/run as swapfs.  Solaris 7 and before
> don't have /var/run.

While this is true, it is also true that some daemons on Solaris <= 7
will use /var/run if it exists.

g.