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From: forgottenwizard <phrexianreaper@××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Garbage in /tmp or /var/tmp
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:54:13
Message-Id: 40eca521df4d551d0014bfb8a9e7ddbe@smtp.hushmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Garbage in /tmp or /var/tmp by Philip Webb
1 On 03:58 Mon 14 Apr , Philip Webb wrote:
2 > 080414 Neil Bothwick wrote:
3 > > On Sun, 13 Apr 2008 23:36:42 -0400, Steven Lembark wrote:
4 > >> vi keep their in-work backups there,
5 > >> loosing the entire contents of /tmp after a crash can be painful.
6 > > Then they are broken, such data should be stored in /var/tmp.
7 >
8 > Vim defaults to keeping temporary files in /var/tmp ,
9 > but Mutt defaults to /tmp & Vim called by Mutt does the same.
10 > Recently, I changed the default in .muttrc to use /var/tmp instead
11 > & as a result I can happily have /tmp cleared at every reboot,
12 > which reminds me, I need to delete many /var/tmp/mutt-* ... (smile).
13 >
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24 Off-topic, I know, but can you post how to do this?
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Re: [gentoo-user] Garbage in /tmp or /var/tmp Philip Webb <purslow@×××××××××.ca>