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From: Jyan-Min Fang <fang@beamer8.physics.yale.edu> Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 14:55:47 -0400 (EDT) Subject: is symbolic link /var dir a good idea? I have /var symbolic link to /usr/var. Although it seems everything is working ok so far (log still work, etc), I wonder if this is a good idea to do. I am especially curious if it will miss any boot up message, since /usr is mounted later than /. Thanks I symbolic link /var to /usr/var, because I found out that /var can sometimes take up a lot of space, especially when I am printing some huge file. It certainly can fill up my small / partition (50 MB) if /var is in its usual place, however, /usr always have several hundred meg to spare. === From: "Tony Johnson" <gjohnson@showmaster.com> Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 15:28:48 -0500 Subject: RE: is symbolic link /var dir a good idea? Jyan-Min Fang [mailto:fang@beamer8.physics.yale.edu] wrote: > I have /var symbolic link to /usr/var. Although it seems > everything is working ok so far (log still work, etc), I > wonder if this is a good idea to do. I am especially > curious if it will miss any boot up message, since /usr is > mounted later than /. Thanks > I symbolic link /var to /usr/var, because I found out that > /var can sometimes take up a lot of space, especially when > I am printing some huge file. It certainly can fill up my > small / partition (50 MB) if /var is in its usual place, > however, /usr always have several hundred meg to spare. Why ALL of /var??? then log files , temp space and the lot would have to go under /usr. If you have a separate partition for /var then you have to unmount it before you can symlink and the space goes to waste. Why not just symlink /var/spool/mail to /usr/mail or something like that. ===