On 03:58 Mon 14 Apr     , Philip Webb wrote:
> 080414 Neil Bothwick wrote:
> > On Sun, 13 Apr 2008 23:36:42 -0400, Steven Lembark wrote:
> >> vi keep their in-work backups there,
> >> loosing the entire contents of /tmp after a crash can be painful.
> > Then they are broken, such data should be stored in /var/tmp.
> 
> Vim defaults to keeping temporary files in  /var/tmp ,
> but Mutt defaults to  /tmp  & Vim called by Mutt does the same.
> Recently, I changed the default in  .muttrc  to use  /var/tmp  instead
> & as a result I can happily have  /tmp  cleared at every reboot,
> which reminds me, I need to delete many  /var/tmp/mutt-*  ... (smile).
> 
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Off-topic, I know, but can you post how to do this?

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