Disk partitioning and swap

[Jerry Feldman]

That is true, but there are still programs that use it. I have not checked the 
/tmp usage on Linux, but on commercial Unix systems some legacy 
applications were hard coded to /tmp. One is the old /bin/mail program. 
Also, any program needing temporary storage in single user mode. 

On 3 Apr 99, at 22:42, Mike Bilow <mikebw at bilow.bilow.uu.ids.net> wrote:

> First of all, /tmp is rarely used.  
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Gerald Feldman <gaf at mediaone.net>
Boston Computer Solutions and Consulting
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