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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news00.sunet.se!sunic!news99.sunet.se!news.funet.fi!news.eunet.fi!news.spb.su!satisfy.kiae.su!glukr!info.elvisti.kiev.ua!office.elvisti.kiev.ua!stesin From: stesin@elvisti.kiev.ua (Andrew V. Stesin) Subject: Re: MFS - Why? X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2+] Sender: news@info.elvisti.kiev.ua (News Subsystem) Organization: ElVisti Information center Message-ID: <Dt536J.MEK@info.elvisti.kiev.ua> References: <AEn4jRr0u3@qsar.chem.msu.su> <npX7tgO@quack.kfu.com> <4po5am$6hc@news.zipnet.net> X-Nntp-Posting-Host: office.elvisti.kiev.ua Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1996 10:15:55 GMT Lines: 30 Mikhail Teterin (mi@zipnet.net) wrote: : Honorable J Wunsch : wrote on 04 Jun (in article <4p23fh$n21@uriah.heep.sax.de>): : =stesin@elvisti.kiev.ua (Andrew V. Stesin) wrote: : = : >> Not the only one. : >> : >> Generally, having /tmp as MFS allows you to keep your root : >> partition clean (and don't waste a separate partition for : >> tempfiles). : = : =You can achieve _this_ as well by symlinking /tmp to /var/tmp. : And get vi.recover wiped out by /tmp cleaner at the boot time? Or: what will you do after singleuser boot when you say 'vi'? /var/tmp might not exist (or be mounted) at the moment. : -mi : -- : "Windows for dummies" -- With best regards -- Andrew Stesin. +380 (44) 2760188 +380 (44) 2713457 +380 (44) 2713560 "You may delegate authority, but not responsibility." Frank's Management Rule #1.