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Date:      Fri, 05 Jan 2001 23:04:00 -0600
From:      Chris Costello <chris@calldei.com>
To:        Rich Morin <rdm@cfcl.com>
Cc:        doc@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Request for review: Proposed patch to hier.7
Message-ID:  <20010105230400.C15054@holly.calldei.com>
In-Reply-To: <p05001916b67c47a4382b@[192.168.168.205]>
References:  <20010105184637.A15054@holly.calldei.com> <p05001914b67c21ba4ebb@[192.168.168.205]> <20010105202133.B15054@holly.calldei.com> <p05001916b67c47a4382b@[192.168.168.205]>

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On Friday, January 05, 2001, Rich Morin wrote to me (but I don't
think he'd mind this being posted to -doc):
>       /mnt/    empty directory commonly used by system administrators as a tem-
> ---
>       /mnt/    empty directory; commonly used by system administrators as a tem-

   This seems fine either way.  It is indeed an empty directory
commonly used by system administrators for mounting temporary
file systems.

>       /tmp/    temporary files, usually a mfs(8) memory-based filesystem (the
> ---
>       /tmp/    temporary files, usually an mfs(8) memory-based filesystem (the
>
> ??? - Is mfs the default?  I don't recall refusing it, but I don't think I
>        have it...

   That's a good question.  The point of /tmp vs. /var/tmp is
that /var/tmp is typically meant as something that is stored
across reboots, where /tmp shouldn't have that assumption made.

>                          gcc/        ???
> ???

   There's no files in there, so your guess is as good as mine.
That's what I was asking in the first post.

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| Chris Costello    | If I had it all to do over again,         |
| chris@calldei.com | I'd spell creat with an "e".  - Kernighan |
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