111204 Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Sun, 4 Dec 2011 17:47:40 +0100 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: >> how can I permanently disable the function cleanup_tmp_dir() >> in /etc/init.d/bootmisc and similiar function ? > ... why ? The whole point of /tmp is a scratch pad > where files are not expected to survive past successive invocations > of the same program and are definitely not expected to survive a reboot. > If this is an issue for you, you should reconfigure that code > to use something other than /tmp.
That can happen, eg if you use Mutt as your mail client & leave the default tempdir in ~/.muttrc as /tmp , when your system crashes (eg power failure) in the middle of a msg, you will have to start writing the msg all over again. The way to avoid this is to change .muttrc to 'set tmpdir="/var/tmp"', so that you can recall the .swp file & rescue what you were writing. Perhaps the OP has some problem of that kind & that is the solution. -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT `-O----------O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca
