Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 23 Jul 1999 22:50:30 -0700 | From | Graffiti <> | Subject | Re: Partition Sizing |
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Hola,
On Fri, Jul 23, 1999 at 01:25:57PM +0100, Steve Dodd wrote: [snip] > I have a vague recollection of a distinction between /tmp and /var/tmp, > where /tmp was for very small or zero-length files with a short life time, > and /var/tmp was for large or long-life data. That way /tmp could stay on [snip]
Not quite: /var/tmp is supposed to be preserved across reboots. (i.e. if you're editing in vi/vim/elvis/nvi/etc and the system crashes, you can still recover your work. :-)
> Are we off-topic yet? :)
Yup!
-- DN
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