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On Sunday 20 January 2008, Donnie Berkholz wrote: |
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> On 08:47 Sun 20 Jan , Richard Freeman wrote: |
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> > Duncan wrote: |
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> >> Obscure? It's the directory name (says another with both /tmp and /var/ |
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> >> tmp on tmpfs). How much less obscure can you get than announcing it |
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> >> every time the path is referenced or specified? Who could reasonably |
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> >> argue that tmp doesn't mean tmp? |
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> > |
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> > Anybody who comes from the world of Windows - where temp directories |
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> > aren't cleaned and usually eventually grow to 1/3rd of the disk on a |
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> > typical spyware-laden install? |
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> > |
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> > You and I know what /tmp is for, but we also know that we shouldn't be |
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> > running as root all the time and yet I'm sure there is a note in the |
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> > install handbook about that. 95% of new linux users come from Windows, |
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> > and as such they have a few bad habits that they'd probably be all to |
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> > happy to lose if somebody takes the time to point them out. |
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> Just one other point here. 95% of new Linux users is not 95% of new |
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> Gentoo Linux users. |
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another point: i dont think ive ever met anyone who even knew what the Windows |
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temp directory was or even how to find it. no one relies on that directory |
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to manage their files. |
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-mike |
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