Re: [expert] Deleted /tmp now X won't start

[Michael Holt]

John Aldrich wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 04 Jul 2000, you wrote:
> >
> > Yes, /tmp should be for temporary stuff.  And this "stuff" is
> > sockets, in this case, in a hidden directory.  In 7.1 the use of
> > /tmp for these sockets has been discontinued.  Now they use
> > /root/tmp which most people leave alone.
> >
> Has there ever been a satisfactory explanation of WHY they
> put PERMANENT stuff in a temporary directory? It seems
> rather loco to me to put ANYTHING you want to keep in a
> TEMP directory... :-)
>         John

Is it something that is overwritten at each boot?  Just a thought.

Mike
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