A question about /tmp

[Gary Mulder]

Of course having /tmp -> /var/tmp means that you have no valid /tmp in 
single user mode where /var is not mounted. That is unless you created 
/var/tmp in single user mode, but that would mean /var would be mounted 
over the root partition's /var/tmp dir in multi-user mode, which can be 
non-intuitive to say the least.

The net result of not having a valid /tmp is that some commands issued in 
single-user mode may fail non-obviously as they might (reasonably?) assume 
/tmp is available.

Gary

At 04:50 AM 8/9/2004 , cpghost at cordula.ws wrote:
>On Mon, Aug 09, 2004 at 10:32:50AM +0200, roland Mathieu wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I want to install FreeBSD with a small root partition. It's
> > possible to use a different partition for /tmp, but /tmp can also be a
> > symbolic link pointing, for example, /var/tmp. Is it a good idea ? If not
> > what sort of problem will I encounter ?
>
>There's nothing wrong with a symlink. I have /tmp -> /var/tmp on
>all my servers and never noticed the difference to a dedicated
>/tmp partition. Theoretically, you'd experience a small performance
>hit, but only if you open(2) many /tmp files very very often.
>Even with a make buildworld, or a portupgrade -aRrkf, I didn't
>notice any difference in speed. Of course, YMMV.
>
>-cpghost.

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