In message <200003061124.DAA16432@nb00.nas.nasa.gov>
	on Mon, 6 Mar 2000 03:24:56 -0800 (PST),
	Matthias Scheler <tron@netbsd.org> wrote:
> Modified Files:
> 	basesrc/usr.bin/locate/locate: updatedb.csh
> 
> Log Message:
> Use "/tmp" and not "/var/tmp" as default temporary directory as suggested
> by Thilo Manske in PR bin/9535.
Hmmm. I think "/var/tmp" was used since temporary files created by
sort(1) in updatedb.csh grew large, and it is safer that creating larger
temporary files in "/var/tmp" rather than "/tmp".

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Takahiro Kambe <taca@sky.yamashina.kyoto.jp>