Yeah, so you can have some temporary scratch space that survives a reboot.
Anything that can evaporate at reboot time, you put in /tmp, anything you want to survive a reboot, you put in /var/tmp. On 07-Oct-97 Lawrence wrote: >any reason why /tmp be cleaned at boot time while /var/tmp not? > >lawrence > > >-- >TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] . >Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .