Re: Using /tmp

2003-08-14 Thread McKown, John
, William P [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 1:54 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Using /tmp I'm writing a Regina script and seem to be missing some nuance about writing temporary files to the /tmp directory. Can anyone comment on what's going wrong here? (Excerpt

Using /tmp

2003-08-14 Thread Scully, William P
I'm writing a Regina script and seem to be missing some nuance about writing temporary files to the /tmp directory. Can anyone comment on what's going wrong here? (Excerpt from Trace Results): 29 *-* 'rm 'tmpfile V /tmp/request_linux_server.tmp rm: cannot lstat

Re: Using /tmp

2003-08-14 Thread Lucius, Leland
I'm writing a Regina script and seem to be missing some nuance about writing temporary files to the /tmp directory. Can anyone comment on what's going wrong here? (Excerpt from Trace Results): 29 *-* 'rm 'tmpfile V /tmp/request_linux_server.tmp rm: cannot lstat

Re: Using /tmp

2003-08-07 Thread John Summerfield
On Wed, 6 Aug 2003, Scully, William P wrote: I'm writing a Regina script and seem to be missing some nuance about writing temporary files to the /tmp directory. Can anyone comment on what's going wrong here? (Excerpt from Trace Results): 29 *-* 'rm 'tmpfile V

Re: Using /tmp

2003-08-07 Thread Adam Thornton
On Wed, 2003-08-06 at 20:24, Lucius, Leland wrote: So the actual file isn't the problem, it's the directory it resides in. Since it says you need search rights, you'll need to make sure the directory has the X flag set for the owner, group, or everybody running the EXEC. If the mode of /tmp

Re: Using /tmp

2003-08-06 Thread Lucius, Leland
I'd guess that /tmp/request_linux_server.tmp exists, but is not readable by this userid. I always use the mktemp command to generate a unique name. ( mktemp /tmp/request_linux_server. ). The name generated is written to stdout. A file with that name is NOT created, the script must