RE: [tlug] join /tmp and /var

[patrick.niessen@example.com]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Larabell [mailto:larabell@example.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 12:27 PM
> To: tlug@example.com
> Subject: Re: [tlug] join /tmp and /var
> 
> 
> 
> > > Well, guess what--/var is the easiest partition to fill 
> up on a Unix 
> > > system, and also the only partition that an outsider can 
> > > legitimately fill up for you. (Think "/var/spool/mail" and "big 
> > > attachments".)
> >
> > again, what would you gain by having a seperate /tmp?
> > /tmp is hardly needed for critical operation.

How about creating /tmp as a ramdisk?  This will also take care of cleanup
everytime you restart, and you get very fast response times from
applications relying on tmp files...

Patrick