[ug-bosug] Write system call uses /var/tmp/ directory.

[Anil Gulecha]

On 12/11/07, murageshgouda.patil at wipro.com <murageshgouda.patil at wipro.com>
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> I putting forward simple question, As I am newbie to this Solaris.
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> I have searched browsed through lot of sites, I didn't get the answer.
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> It's the basic question; Solaris uses /var/tmp/ directory within write
> system call for storing temporary data.
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> It might have used /tmp/ directory instead. As of my knowledge I think
> both are used for temporary storage.
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> What the basic idea of having "/var/tmp/" directory?
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> And what is the difference between /var/tmp and /tmp directory?
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As venky put it.. files written to /tmp are usually written to memory and
not available after reboot. Things written to /var/tmp are saved across
reboots.

Anil
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