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Date:      Sun, 24 Feb 2002 11:20:29 -0500
From:      Bill Vermillion <bv@wjv.com>
To:        security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: security-digest V5 #439
Message-ID:  <20020224162029.GD83570@wjv.com>
In-Reply-To: <bulk.88647.20020224080829@hub.freebsd.org>
References:  <bulk.88647.20020224080829@hub.freebsd.org>

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> Date: 23 Feb 2002 20:58:33 +0100
> From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>
> Subject: Re: Third /tmp location ?

> Bill Vermillion <bv@wjv.com> writes:
> > > Is the /usr/tmp really used for somethink usefull ?
> > I would think  man 7 hier will answer that for you in a hurry.
> > Yes it really is usefull.

> Bzzzt.  FreeBSD has never had /usr/tmp, and all software that expects
> /usr/tmp has been changed to use /var/tmp instead.

And I set /usr/tmp for many things because there is no reason that
I can see to have var so big that it will hold large files I may
have to edit.  I put /usr/tmp in almost all my .exrc files
as too many times I've gotten 'file system full'.

I've had occasions where I've pulled in some really large files in
'vi'.

As I said "Yes it really is usefull".  User applications really
should probably go in /usr/tmp if you have a lot of users.

Bill
-- 
Bill Vermillion - bv @ wjv . com

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