Lyndon wrote: > > On Mar 5, 2017, at 7:26 PM, David Levine <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Not off hand. It looks like $MHTMPDIR was introduced between MH 6.8.5 > > and the entry of nmh into CVS. MH 6.8.5 hard-coded the use of /tmp/. > > > > The thread beginning at > > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/nmh-workers/2014-01/msg00043.html > > has the most recent discussion. But the introduction of ~/mail > > (`mhpath +`, actually) was before that. > > > > Personally, I set $TMP. > > The UNIX convention since forever has been to set $TMPDIR, on the assumption > that mktemp() and friends are taking care of things. I can't think of any > reason why MH should be special in this regard. This sounds like a candidate > for more code removal.
Right, $TMP support was removed from nmh a while ago. I mispoke, I should have said that I set $TMPDIR to /tmp. David _______________________________________________ Nmh-workers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/nmh-workers
