RE: /home IFS directory

["Leland, David" <dleland@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Rats, I was hoping the /home directory was similar to QTEMP.  Oh well,
thanks for the info. anyway.

Dave

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> From:         Patrick Townsend[SMTP:townsend@patownsend.com]
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> Sent:         Wednesday, October 21, 1998 10:52 AM
> To:   MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      Re: /home IFS directory
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> 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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