Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!henry From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: Suggestions for UNIX RAM disks wanted Message-ID: <4475@utzoo.UUCP> Date: Tue, 16-Oct-84 11:26:26 EDT Article-I.D.: utzoo.4475 Posted: Tue Oct 16 11:26:26 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 16-Oct-84 11:26:26 EDT References: <12808@sri-arpa.UUCP>, <149@dmsd.UUCP>, <5279@brl-tgr.ARPA> Organization: U of Toronto Zoology Lines: 9 > No utility should use /tmp for large files. That is what /usr/tmp is for. The philosophy we tend to follow around here is the exact opposite: temporary files go on /tmp. If there is a size/speed tradeoff involved, that's the system's problem, not yours. Most machines hereabouts have a separate /tmp filesystem; some don't even *have* a /usr/tmp directory. -- Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology {allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!henry