Re: The /tmp and modules_install saga

Michael Shields (shields@crosslink.net)
07 Oct 1998 05:35:52 +0000


In article <m0zQaGH-000aNTC@the-village.bc.nu>,
alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk (Alan Cox) wrote:
> > I don't get it. What can the difference between /tmp be between RH and
> > slackware? Sticky flag? Size? Soft link? None of those make any
>
> To safely create /tmp work areas from shell scripts you need the
> C program "mktemp" originally from OpenBSD. Not everyone has it

Why not include it in the kernel tree in the `scripts' directory?

-- 
Shields, CrossLink.

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