Quoting Rod Roark (rod at sunsetsystems.com): > /tmp is separate for a few reasons. Like being unaware of tmpfs? ;-> > I created /opt instead of /home.... :r! ls -l /opt lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 2008-03-04 19:58 /opt -> /usr/local/opt (My opinion; yours for a small fee and waiver of reverse-engineering rights.)