[plug] Accidently saved to /tmp in OO.o

[Kev]

Tomasz Grzegurzko wrote:
> Debian-based distros usually clean out /tmp on every boot. I got
> caught out by this at work once and wiped out a WHOLE bunch of stuff
> (NFS mounted), the manager wasn't too pleased.. Suffice to say, /tmp
> is about as volatile a storage as they come and should be considered
> so. Sorry to hear about the data loss.

For my own convenience I've always made a .temp directory in my home 
directory and pointed various things (including OpenOffice) at it.  Now 
I know why.  Thanx for that.  You can always set OOo to "always make a 
backup" - I do that too.

To be sure, to be sure :-)

Kev

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