From: ty AT kau1 DOT kodak DOT com (Trevor Yann)
Subject: TEMP environment var and /tmp
24 Nov 1996 18:35:55 -0800
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There is a known problem that is reported on regular basis - many unix
programs assume the existence of /tmp. 

e.g.

Warren & SLS Knight wrote:
}The problem appears to be with how the BASH shell handles the
}the << operator.  You will see what I mean if you try the following 
}in bash:
}  bash$ cat <<EOF 
}  > This is a test
}  > EOF
}  BASH.EXE: 9146372: No such file or directory

Perhaps a mount for /tmp could be created if there is no /tmp. It is not
unusual for the environment variable TEMP or TMP to be set - this could be
used to determine the location of the mount point.

Just my 2c.

Trevor

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