On 03:58 Mon 14 Apr , Philip Webb wrote: > 080414 Neil Bothwick wrote: > > On Sun, 13 Apr 2008 23:36:42 -0400, Steven Lembark wrote: > >> vi keep their in-work backups there, > >> loosing the entire contents of /tmp after a crash can be painful. > > Then they are broken, such data should be stored in /var/tmp. > > Vim defaults to keeping temporary files in /var/tmp , > but Mutt defaults to /tmp & Vim called by Mutt does the same. > Recently, I changed the default in .muttrc to use /var/tmp instead > & as a result I can happily have /tmp cleared at every reboot, > which reminds me, I need to delete many /var/tmp/mutt-* ... (smile). > > -- > ========================,,============================================ > SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Centre for Urban & Community Studies > TRANSIT `-O----------O---' University of Toronto > -- > gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list > >
Off-topic, I know, but can you post how to do this? -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list