As /var/tmp is a link to /tmp,
can we have /tmp as the default in sort(1)?
There are probably others
(if there's anything to gain by this).
Jan
Index: file.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.bin/sort/file.c,v
retrieving revision 1.20
diff -u -p -r1.20 file.c
--- file.c 3 Apr 2015 10:37:24 -0000 1.20
+++ file.c 11 Oct 2016 09:09:24 -0000
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ unsigned long long available_free_memory
bool use_mmap;
-const char *tmpdir = "/var/tmp";
+const char *tmpdir = "/tmp";
const char *compress_program;
size_t max_open_files = 16;
Index: sort.1
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.bin/sort/sort.1,v
retrieving revision 1.54
diff -u -p -r1.54 sort.1
--- sort.1 5 Apr 2015 14:20:22 -0000 1.54
+++ sort.1 11 Oct 2016 09:09:24 -0000
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ Store temporary files in the directory
The default path is the value of the environment variable
.Ev TMPDIR
or
-.Pa /var/tmp
+.Pa /tmp
if
.Ev TMPDIR
is not defined.
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ option.
.El
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width Pa -compact
-.It Pa /var/tmp/.bsdsort.PID.*
+.It Pa /tmp/.bsdsort.PID.*
Temporary files.
.El
.Sh EXIT STATUS
