Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 12:30:21 +0100 From: Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at> To: cyrille.lefevre+dated+1028178747.705301@laposte.net, dot@dotat.at, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sed -i has difficulty with read-only files Message-ID: <20020729123021.A6864@chiark.greenend.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <20020727051224.GA7996@gits.dyndns.org>; from cyrille.lefevre%2Bdated%2B1028178747.705301@laposte.net on Sat, Jul 27, 2002 at 07:12:24AM %2B0200 References: <20020726165021.C7551@chiark.greenend.org.uk> <20020727051224.GA7996@gits.dyndns.org>
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On Sat, Jul 27, 2002 at 07:12:24AM +0200, Cyrille Lefevre wrote:
>
> IMHO, both the old and the newer code are wrong. they should use
> getenv("TMPDIR") if any and certainly not the current directory.
> there is probably more room in ${TMPDIR:-/var/tmp} then in the
> current directory. imagine that the current fs is nearly full...
I'm disinclined to use a file in $TMPDIR or in /tmp because of the
bad effect it has on the complexity of the code, and I think that
if you are running out of disk space then you deserve to lose.
Though I'm open to other opinions.
Tony.
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