* Re: Is there a Unix /tmp directory. How dissimilar are they. [not found] <1154345199.976999.94550@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> @ 2006-07-31 12:51 ` gautier_niouzes [not found] ` <j8bsc21fou7fc2t83ftq6a1e18ekms2n3q@4ax.com> 2006-08-01 1:07 ` Keith Thompson 2 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread From: gautier_niouzes @ 2006-07-31 12:51 UTC (permalink / raw) Hi, since your question has nothing to do with Ada and all with VMS vs Unix, I guess you'll be luckier asking it on comp.os.vms Good luck, Gautier ______________________________________________________________ Ada programming -- http://www.mysunrise.ch/users/gdm/gsoft.htm NB: For a direct answer, e-mail address on the Web site! ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
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* Re: Is there a Unix /tmp directory. How dissimilar are they. [not found] ` <j8bsc21fou7fc2t83ftq6a1e18ekms2n3q@4ax.com> @ 2006-07-31 17:25 ` Larry Kilgallen 0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread From: Larry Kilgallen @ 2006-07-31 17:25 UTC (permalink / raw) In article <j8bsc21fou7fc2t83ftq6a1e18ekms2n3q@4ax.com>, Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> writes: > On 31 Jul 2006 04:26:40 -0700, "Chris L" <clusardi2k@aol.com> declaimed > the following in comp.lang.ada: > >> Hello, >> >> What are the differences between Unix's /tmp directory and the >> closest thing on a Vax? How much memory is involved? What can I use the >> corresponding Vax mechanism for? How often is the Vax /tmp directory >> used? Who uses it in general? Does the contents of this repository get >> deleted after a certain time limit has been reached? Are there any >> caveats that I should know about? I did not receive the original question, but presuming all of it is included above: If you are looking for a scratch directory on VMS from an interactive or batch process, use SYS$SCRATCH:. In the default case it equates to SYS$LOGIN:, but in some situations the system manager (or the user) might have made different arrangements. Note that this is the arrangement for the VMS operating system, having nothing particular to do with VAX. It is also true when VMS runs on Alpha or Itanium. It is not the case when a VAX is running any of the various *IX operating systems. I don't know about when the VAX is running the VAXeln operating system. The contents of SYS$SCRATCH: is not automatically deleted by the operating system, some system manager who has set it to be separate from SYS$LOGIN: might make such an arrangement. On the VMS system where I am typing this, there is a separate Scratch area set up by the system manager for each user, and _I_ have defined my SYS$SCRATCH: to point there. It must be a separate area, or else two users who both wanted to create FOO.DAT would interact with each other. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* Re: Is there a Unix /tmp directory. How dissimilar are they. [not found] <1154345199.976999.94550@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> 2006-07-31 12:51 ` Is there a Unix /tmp directory. How dissimilar are they gautier_niouzes [not found] ` <j8bsc21fou7fc2t83ftq6a1e18ekms2n3q@4ax.com> @ 2006-08-01 1:07 ` Keith Thompson 2 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread From: Keith Thompson @ 2006-08-01 1:07 UTC (permalink / raw) "Chris L" <clusardi2k@aol.com> writes: > What are the differences between Unix's /tmp directory and the > closest thing on a Vax? How much memory is involved? What can I use the > corresponding Vax mechanism for? How often is the Vax /tmp directory > used? Who uses it in general? Does the contents of this repository get > deleted after a certain time limit has been reached? Are there any > caveats that I should know about? If the VAX is running Unix, it will have a /tmp directory just like any other Unix system. If it's running VMS / OpenVMS, then you should say so. Preferably, you should say so in comp.os.vms. Incidentally, several of your questions (size, how often it's used, whether it's purged) are going to vary from one individual system to another, depending on the whim of the administrator, on either Unix or VMS. -- Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst> San Diego Supercomputer Center <*> <http://users.sdsc.edu/~kst> We must do something. This is something. Therefore, we must do this. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
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