Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2004 10:50:11 +0200 From: cpghost@cordula.ws To: roland Mathieu <roland.mathieu@free.fr> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A question about /tmp Message-ID: <20040809085011.GA7374@bsdbox.farid-hajji.net> In-Reply-To: <20040809083250.GA12445@lycurgue.localnet> References: <20040809083250.GA12445@lycurgue.localnet>
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On Mon, Aug 09, 2004 at 10:32:50AM +0200, roland Mathieu wrote: > > Hello, > > I want to install FreeBSD with a small root partition. It's > possible to use a different partition for /tmp, but /tmp can also be a > symbolic link pointing, for example, /var/tmp. Is it a good idea ? If not > what sort of problem will I encounter ? There's nothing wrong with a symlink. I have /tmp -> /var/tmp on all my servers and never noticed the difference to a dedicated /tmp partition. Theoretically, you'd experience a small performance hit, but only if you open(2) many /tmp files very very often. Even with a make buildworld, or a portupgrade -aRrkf, I didn't notice any difference in speed. Of course, YMMV. -cpghost. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/
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