[95425] in RedHat Linux List
Re: Missing files
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tom Burke)
Sun Oct 18 14:01:11 1998
Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 14:06:33 -0400
From: Tom Burke <tomii@erols.com>
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On Solaris, when you reboot the machine, the tmp directories are
erased. /tmp is normally to be used as a sort of swap partition,
which is why it is it's own partition a lot of times. Eveyone has
access to this directory, but storing stuff there is at your own risk.
Dave P wrote:
> Hi,
> I've been missing some files from my /tmp directory.
> It's the 4th primary partition in my HD. I created a couple of
> subdirectories and store my downloaded and other files there about 2
> weeks ago. Yesterday, when I browsed through that /tmp , I noticed
> that I've lost a lot of files from several different subdirectories. I
> know that I didn't delete them, and there is no one else using this
> system. Is it a HD failure, or can anyone explain it?
>
> thanks,
>
> Dave
>
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