/tmp directory disappearing

[Bill Randall]

On 1/27/2015 8:38 PM, Kenneth Brody wrote:
> On 1/27/2015 10:42 AM, filePro List wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> I have three customers using SCO Openserver 7 and filePro which are 
>> finding
>> the /tmp directory completely deleted at random times.  One uses MOS, 
>> the
>> other two have different filePro apps.  This just started in 2015 and
>> happens randomly.  I checked the crontabs and /etc/rc2.d for scripts 
>> that
>> may be causing this.  I am totally perplexed.  Anyone else having 
>> this problem?
>
> Someone else just asked me offlist, not knowing that you posted this, 
> the exact same question.
>
> Any possibility there's some obscure bug on OSR5 that's been hit now 
> that it's 2015?
>
> Note that I have one OSR5 system that I occasionally use, and its 
> "/tmp" directory is still there.
>
Many default configurations of SCO installs is to empty the /tmp 
directory on startup which I think includes a reboot.  I believe it can 
be turned off but I don't know how.  For as long as I can remember, I 
never put anything in /tmp that is not temporary for that reason.

Bill


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