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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
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Subject: Re: /tmp vs. /usr/tmp (System V)
Message-ID: <4514@utzoo.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 22-Oct-84 14:16:15 EDT
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Posted: Mon Oct 22 14:16:15 1984
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> There is an undocumented flag in the System V sort(1) that allows you
> to specify the directory where it creates its temp files.
> Try "sort -T /new/temp/dir ...".  I don't know if it exists in
> other versions of UN*X, and I don't know why it's not documented.

You're sure it's not documented?  It *is* documented in V7!  Talk about
breaking the software, now USG is breaking the documentation...
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				Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
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