restor/dumpdir tempfiles

utzoo!henry utzoo!henry
Thu May 6 13:57:28 AEST 1982


Both dumpdir and the x subcommand of restor create temporary files
with names of the form "rstXXXXXX" in the *current directory*.
Moreover, they are very careless about cleaning up after themselves,
which can lead to annoying junk files left around.  It is the work of
a moment to change them to put these files in /tmp instead.  This may
reduce their usability somehow under conditions of extreme system damage,
but I can't visualize the circumstances.



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