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author | asmodai <asmodai@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-05-28 06:03:50 +0000 |
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committer | asmodai <asmodai@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-05-28 06:03:50 +0000 |
commit | 1597fa8dfebff0ccd9cf5b82e22d3dbfba05de13 (patch) | |
tree | c79d7d472f1f3c1a85f8a374ec4a8de4d5d34fc2 | |
parent | e2eeb6254274573b99a28f4314598d400b3e57cf (diff) | |
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Remove, with extreme prejudice, the notion that /tmp best needs to be a
softlink to /var/tmp.
This is horribly wrong since /tmp and /var/tmp serve different goals.
Even given the text that in the old days things were different doesn't help,
since our scripts clean /tmp, and we depend on /var/tmp to persist for
vi editing sessions recovery and other likewise applications.
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man7/tuning.7 | 6 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man7/tuning.7 b/share/man/man7/tuning.7 index 3bc8aec..f8dd98d 100644 --- a/share/man/man7/tuning.7 +++ b/share/man/man7/tuning.7 @@ -83,11 +83,7 @@ depends on the kind of temporary file usage you think you will need. the minimum we recommend. Also note that sysinstall will create a .Pa /tmp -directory, but it is usually a good idea to make -.Pa /tmp -a softlink to -.Pa /var/tmp -after the fact. +directory. Dedicating a partition for temporary file storage is important for two reasons: first, it reduces the possibility of filesystem corruption in a crash, and second it reduces the chance of a runaway process that |