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Re: LYNX-DEV LYNX, change temp download dir from /tmp
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Mark H. Wood |
Subject: |
Re: LYNX-DEV LYNX, change temp download dir from /tmp |
Date: |
Tue, 7 Apr 1998 08:36:47 -0500 (EST) |
On Mon, 6 Apr 1998, Doug Kaufman wrote:
> On Mon, 6 Apr 1998, Mark H. Wood wrote:
>
> > > Set "LYNX_TEMP_SPACE" to the directory you want in your environment.
> >
> > Instead of the standard TMPDIR ? :-(
>
> The /tmp/ directory is hardcoded into lynx at time of compilation in
> USERDEFS.H. See this extract:
So should I roll up my sleeves and fix this, or will I be met with a
storm of protest? The TEMP_SPACE compiletime variable should at most be
used as a fallback if tempnam(3) is unavailable on the system built for.
(tempnam(3) will follow the environment variable TMPDIR if you define it,
or a given directory if not NULL, or the value of the Posix symbol
P_tmpdir, or "/tmp", in that order.) I wouldn't *remove*
LYNX_TEMP_SPACE, of course, but it shouldn't be needed and could be
marked as a deprecated feature to be removed someday.
I have enough pain from DOS/Windows systems lugging around various vendors'
MYTEMP/YOURTEMP/HISTEMP, in addition to TEMP/TMP since Microsoft couldn't
even agree with itself about how to spell this. I hate to see the same
sort of fragmentation happening all over again on another OS.
--
Mark H. Wood, Lead System Programmer address@hidden
Longing for the simplicity of SYS$SCRATCH:
- LYNX-DEV LYNX, change temp download dir from /tmp, Janne Sjöquist, 1998/04/03
- Re: LYNX-DEV LYNX, change temp download dir from /tmp, Philip Webb, 1998/04/03
- Re: LYNX-DEV LYNX, change temp download dir from /tmp, Doug Kaufman, 1998/04/03
- Re: LYNX-DEV LYNX, change temp download dir from /tmp, Mark H. Wood, 1998/04/06
- Re: LYNX-DEV LYNX, change temp download dir from /tmp, Doug Kaufman, 1998/04/06
- Re: LYNX-DEV LYNX, change temp download dir from /tmp,
Mark H. Wood <=
- Re: LYNX-DEV LYNX, change temp download dir from /tmp, Jim Spath (Webmaster Jim), 1998/04/07
- Re: LYNX-DEV LYNX, change temp download dir from /tmp, T.E.Dickey, 1998/04/07
- Re: LYNX-DEV LYNX, change temp download dir from /tmp, Jason F. McBrayer, 1998/04/07
- Re: LYNX-DEV LYNX, change temp download dir from /tmp, T.E.Dickey, 1998/04/07
- Re: LYNX-DEV LYNX, change temp download dir from /tmp, Doug Kaufman, 1998/04/07
- Re: LYNX-DEV LYNX, change temp download dir from /tmp, Mark H. Wood, 1998/04/08
- Re: LYNX-DEV LYNX, change temp download dir from /tmp, Larry W. Virden, x2487, 1998/04/09
- Re: LYNX-DEV LYNX, change temp download dir from /tmp, Larry W. Virden, x2487, 1998/04/07