Re: /home IFS directory

[Patrick Townsend <townsend@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

David,

/home is a common directory found on UNIX systems. To the best of my
knowledge it is used to store common files accessed by all users. You
might find that each user has a "home" directory, too. It's often found
under the /etc directory, but can be anywhere the sysadmin wants it to
be.

Temporary files are usually stored in the /tmp or /temp directory. This
is not automatically cleared like the AS/400 QTEMP library. It is
usually cleared by the system administratory periodically.

Hope this helps!
Patrick

Leland, David wrote:
> 
> Can someone give me a quick rundown on the /home directory in IFS?  Is
> this similar to the QTEMP lib. (which is unique to each job and gets
> cleared when the job ends).  Does each user have their own /home
> directory?
> 
> I've heard/read it has it's roots in UNIX, but since I know nothing
> about UNIX, I'm not sure what the purpose of the /home directory it.
> 
> Thanks,
> Dave
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