[shell-discuss] Re: PSARC 2007/236 Default shell environment: TMPDIR

2007-05-01 Thread Peter Tribble
On 4/30/07, Bart Smaalders wrote: > Peter Tribble wrote: > > I currently use systems with a modest number (100 or so) of users who > > don't use desktops; at a previous employer this proposal would have led > > to several thousand additional (empty) directories in /tmp. > > > > These users actuall

[shell-discuss] Re: PSARC 2007/236 Default shell environment: TMPDIR

2007-05-01 Thread Joerg Schilling
"Shawn Walker" wrote: > Personally, I have a hard time believing this. Almost any time I've > logged in or out of GNOME I find many little files littering /tmp or > /var/tmp from orbit, ice, sockets, etc. Files in /var/tmp that are not from editors must havebeen created by Authors on Linux who