Re: Lynx /tmp problem

From: Glynn Clements (glynnat_private)
Date: Fri Feb 12 1999 - 00:47:00 PST

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Juan Diego Bolanos wrote:

> Hi Aleph,
> please filter this if already posted....

The fact that lynx has potential /tmp problems was discussed last
March:

	From: Michal Zalewski <lcamtufat_private>
	Subject:      Another day, another race - lynx 2.7.1
	Date: 	Tue, 17 Mar 1998 15:39:58 +0100
	Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.96.980317152338.14878A-100000@genome>

> I have found a bug in Lynx all versions, except the latest stable
> release...
>
> lynx create temporary files in /tmp in this way....

[details of your average /tmp problem snipped].

>From the INSTALLATION file:

    The environment variable "LYNX_TEMP_SPACE", if set, will override the
    default path prefix for temporary files that was defined via the constant
    "TEMP_SPACE" in userdefs.h.  See userdefs.h for more information.

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Glynn Clements <glynnat_private>

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