Michael Holt wrote:
>
> John Aldrich wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, 04 Jul 2000, you wrote:
> > >
> > > Yes, /tmp should be for temporary stuff. And this "stuff" is
> > > sockets, in this case, in a hidden directory. In 7.1 the use of
> > > /tmp for these sockets has been discontinued. Now they use
> > > /root/tmp which most people leave alone.
> > >
> > Has there ever been a satisfactory explanation of WHY they
> > put PERMANENT stuff in a temporary directory? It seems
> > rather loco to me to put ANYTHING you want to keep in a
> > TEMP directory... :-)
> > John
>
> Is it something that is overwritten at each boot? Just a thought.
>
> Mike
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Socket programming protocols basically form sockets for ONE task
and then destroy it. In this case, it appears to be needed at
boot time as the target of a symlink.
Civileme
