[clue-tech] procmail: /tmp vs /var/tmp

[Angelo Bertolli]

Jeff Schroeder wrote:

>Angelo asked:
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>>I wanted to know where the best place to put my procmail lock file. 
>>I'm thinking it should be /tmp and not /var/tmp because procmail
>>shouldn't remain locked after a reboot.  Does this seem right to
>>others?
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>According to the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard, which many distros 
>adhere to, lock files should be placed in /var/lock.  When the system 
>is shut down, the shutdown scripts *should* delete any lock files in it 
>before power-off.  That way, upon reboot you don't have any stale 
>locks.
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>HTH,
>Jeff
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FHS seems to imply that /var/lock is for devices...
http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#VARLOCKLOCKFILES

I can't tell if that's what they're implying, or if they're just writing 
a big paragraph about devices to tell you the lock file naming convention.

Angelo