[LBo] /var/tmp directory

[Billy Pollifrone]

Andrew Henry wrote:
> my system with a /tmp partition?  Is it feasable to make /tmp a symbolic
> link to /var/tmp so that I can create  one partition for /var and not
> have to create two separate partitions for both /tmp and /var?

Yes. That is a popular thing to do.

The point of /var was to have files that changed often on servers or
other multiuser setups. IIRC FreeBSD still has /var and /var/tmp and
/tmp points to /var/tmp symbolically.

I've done your idea, but not to that extreme. I have /, /home and swap
partitions.

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