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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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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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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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In any case, an elog should solve the problem... |
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