Re: Symlinks and Cryogenic Sleep

From: Pavel Kankovsky (peakat_private)
Date: Wed Jan 05 2000 - 12:32:48 PST

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    On Mon, 3 Jan 2000, Olaf Kirch wrote:
    
    > when you're dealing with files in /tmp that are supposed to be re-opened
    > (rather than opened once and then discarded) there's an established
    > way to do it which goes like this:
    
    The problem lies in the premises: these files should not be stored in
    /tmp. If you insist on putting them under /tmp for whatever reason, you
    should use an intermediate diractory:
    
      mkdir /tmp/mydir
      cd /tmp/mydir || exit 1
      check whether . is ok
      play with files here
    
    --Pavel Kankovsky aka Peak  [ Boycott Microsoft--http://www.vcnet.com/bms ]
    "Resistance is futile. Open your source code and prepare for assimilation."
    



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