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Against /Tmp

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143 points todsacerdoti | 2 comments | 22 Oct 24 12:36 UTC | HN request time: 1.856s | source
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pjmlp ◴[22 Oct 24 13:29 UTC] No.41914057[source]▶
So here we have again how "Worse is better" works in practice, and how we got here regarding /tmp in 2024.
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anthk ◴[22 Oct 24 13:57 UTC] No.41914337[source]▶
As if C:\TEMP or %tmpdir% were any better.

Or using letters as drivers.

Worse is better? A lot of tech in Win32 is built as if it were for DOS 1.0 or CP/M. See AUX, PRN, COM and so.

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1. tredre3 ◴[22 Oct 24 15:07 UTC] No.41915035[source]▶
> As if C:\TEMP or %tmpdir% were any better.

I mean, yes? %tmp% is in the user's directory, not accessible by the world.

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2. anthk ◴[22 Oct 24 17:22 UTC] No.41916486[source]▶
TMPDIR can be trivially set at $HOME/tmp too with just a file at /etc/profile