On Sun, 13 Apr 2008 23:36:42 -0400, Steven Lembark wrote:

> > I second that, tmpfs for /tmp is great:

> Catch: You loose it all on reboot.

You are supposed to. The LFS says that /tmp is for files that do not need
to survive a reboot. Baselayout now defaults to wiping /tmp at boot
anyway.

> Since things like vi keep their in-work backups
> there, loosing the entire contents of /tmp after a
> crash can be painful.

Then they are broken, such data should be stored in /var/tmp.


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Neil Bothwick

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