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Date:      Tue, 9 May 2000 00:40:02 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Gregory Bond <gnb@itga.com.au>
To:        freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: conf/18461: vi.recover misplaced in /var/tmp 
Message-ID:  <200005090740.AAA83785@freefall.freebsd.org>

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The following reply was made to PR conf/18461; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Gregory Bond <gnb@itga.com.au>
To: clefevre@citeweb.net
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: conf/18461: vi.recover misplaced in /var/tmp 
Date: Tue, 09 May 2000 17:36:14 +1000

 > 	vi.recover should not be in /var/tmp. imagine the case
 > 	where /var/tmp is a memory filesystem. upon reboot,
 > 	everything is lost.
 
 On the contrary, /var/tmp is exactly the right spot for vi.recover, because 
 /var/tmp is -explicitly documented- to remain over reboots.  See "man hier".
 
 Anyone who uses mfs for /var/tmp is just plain wrong.
 
 
 


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