Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 11:31:26 +0100 From: Piotr Klaban <makler@MAN.TORUN.PL> Subject: Re: Lynx /tmp problem To: BUGTRAQ@NETSPACE.ORG On Fri, Feb 12, 1999 at 08:47:00AM +0000, Glynn Clements wrote: > Juan Diego Bolanos wrote: > > I have found a bug in Lynx all versions, except the latest stable > > release... > > > > lynx create temporary files in /tmp in this way.... > > [details of your average /tmp problem snipped]. Alternatively you could redefine TEMP_SPACE macro in userdefs.h before the compilation, from: #define TEMP_SPACE "/tmp/" to: #define TEMP_SPACE "~" This could be configuration option perhaps. Using /tmp as a temporary directory for files downloaded with lynx makes the system out of swap space (at least on Solaris where /tmp is linked with swap). With many users running lynx you could have megabytes of files in /tmp, which could be downloaded directly into user home directory. Lynx makes temporary files for every file it has to download, also for huge zip archives. Piotr Klaban