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From: thomson@uthub.UUCP (Brian Thomson)
Newsgroups: net.unix
Subject: Re: /tmp and /usr/tmp
Message-ID: <137@uthub.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 19-Mar-84 10:08:58 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar 19 10:08:58 1984
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I always thought the rationale was that /tmp and /usr/tmp could be
on different head assemblies, avoiding seeks for programs that
read one temp file and write another.
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		    Brian Thomson,	    CSRG Univ. of Toronto
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