On Sat, Nov 18, 2000 at 09:50:49AM +1100, Herbert Xu wrote:
> Colin Phipps <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > A fix, but it breaks the intended behaviour ("a" for append IIRC). Putting
> > DEADJOE in $HOME might be a nicer solution?
>
> No please, temporary files have no place in a user's home directory, because
> unlike /tmp it won't be deleted until the user intervenes in the event of a
> crash.
>
> Do the right thing and use tmpfile(3).
DEADJOE isn't a temporary file. It's supposed to be preserved after a
crash - that's the whole use of it. It shows what files were being
edited when joe was killed.
Dan
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