On Fri, 5 Apr 2002, Paul Braman wrote:
> I wonder if there are any caveats to making /tmp a symbollic link to
> /var/tmp.
Aside from my mispelling (symbolic), here was the caveat...
Filesystem Hierarchy Standard -- Version 2.2 final
3.15 /tmp : Temporary files
Although data stored in /tmp must be deleted in a site-specific
manner, it is recommended that files and directories located in
/tmp be deleted whenever the system is booted.
5.15 /var/tmp : Temporary files preserverd between system reboots
The /var/tmp directory is made available for programs that
required temporary files or directories that are preserved
between system reboots. Therefore, data stored in /var/tmp is
more persistent than data in /tmp.
Maybe /tmp could point to /var/tmp/tmp. That might solve that problem.
Oh, and I found this little gem at Red Hat (my text)...
Make any link from /tmp to /var/tmp/tmp using the commands
cd /
ln -s ./var/tmp/tmp ./tmp
This will prevent errors during upgrades and rescues when /
may, itself, be mounted below another filesystem (/mnt in
ramdisk, for example).
Paul Braman
aeon@tampabay.rr.com
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