Re: Lynx /tmp problem

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On Fri, Feb 12, 1999 at 08:47:00AM +0000, Glynn Clements wrote:
> Juan Diego Bolanos wrote:
> > 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].

Alternatively you could redefine TEMP_SPACE macro in
userdefs.h before the compilation, from:

#define TEMP_SPACE "/tmp/"

to:

#define TEMP_SPACE "~"

This could be configuration option perhaps.

Using /tmp as a temporary directory for files
downloaded with lynx makes the system
out of swap space (at least on Solaris where /tmp
is linked with swap). With many users running
lynx you could have megabytes of files in /tmp,
which could be downloaded directly into user
home directory. Lynx makes temporary files
for every file it has to download, also for
huge zip archives.

Piotr Klaban

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