Today's Hard-Learned UNIX Lesson

[bjarvis]

If you place incredibly important data files in /tmp, don't be surprised when your data isn't there when you return two weeks later.

Thank you and good night.

Comments

[bjarvis.livejournal.com]

Ack, never! If I have incredibly valuable data which would affect the well-being of the planet, I'd be sure to place it somewhere more secure, like /var/tmp. :-)