Re: [Lynx-dev] Re: Bug#267356: lynx-cur: mystery meat directories in /tmp

[Harry Doherty]

Hi

<...>
> >> But I like the tmp files to be in /tmp, I just
> want it to be clear
> >> upon even just a quick look, and by default with
> no extra settings, to
> >> all people who look, what program is doing it,
> else one might think it
> >> is some Trojan horse program.
<...>
> I'm saying that there is a directory in /tmp that
> should reveal via
> its name that it was created by lynx (and not by
> e.g., gimp), that's all.
> 
> Let's look around /tmp on my computer:
> orbit-jidanni/ esrv1000-jidanni1= ssh-szuwiB1755/
> gconfd-jidanni/
> See, the trend these days is to put what program
> made the dir out in front.

Wouldn't LYNX_TEMP_SPACE=/tmp/lynxtmp in the global
.cfg give the desired effect?
Or would you have to work around cleanup scripts
deleting the directory?

Harry



        
        
                
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