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Re: Lynx /tmp problem

From: glynn () SENSEI CO UK (Glynn Clements)
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 08:47:00 +0000


Juan Diego Bolanos wrote:

Hi Aleph,
please filter this if already posted....


The fact that lynx has potential /tmp problems was discussed last
March:

        From: Michal Zalewski <lcamtuf () BOSS STASZIC WAW PL>
        Subject:      Another day, another race - lynx 2.7.1
        Date:   Tue, 17 Mar 1998 15:39:58 +0100
        Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.96.980317152338.14878A-100000@genome>

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].

From the INSTALLATION file:


    The environment variable "LYNX_TEMP_SPACE", if set, will override the
    default path prefix for temporary files that was defined via the constant
    "TEMP_SPACE" in userdefs.h.  See userdefs.h for more information.

--
Glynn Clements <glynn () sensei co uk>

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