Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 beta 3/9/83; site uthub.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcsrgv!utai!uthub!thomson 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 Article-I.D.: uthub.137 Posted: Mon Mar 19 10:08:58 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 19-Mar-84 13:41:52 EST References: <4432@amd70.UUCP>, <3566@utcsrgv.UUCP> Organization: CSRG, University of Toronto Lines: 6 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. -- Brian Thomson, CSRG Univ. of Toronto {linus,ihnp4,uw-beaver,floyd,utzoo}!utcsrgv!uthub!thomson