On 03:58 Mon 14 Apr   , Philip Webb wrote:
> 080414 Neil Bothwick wrote:
> > On Sun, 13 Apr 2008 23:36:42 -0400, Steven Lembark wrote:
> >> 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.
>
> Vim defaults to keeping temporary files in /var/tmp ,
> but Mutt defaults to /tmp & Vim called by Mutt does the same.
> Recently, I changed the default in .muttrc to use /var/tmp instead
> & as a result I can happily have /tmp cleared at every reboot,
> which reminds me, I need to delete many /var/tmp/mutt-* ... (smile).
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Off-topic, I know, but can you post how to do this?

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