I don't either, but it's a cool idea because you can create a bunch of files for something and delete them all when you're done just by deleting the directory they're in. Also makes it so you don't have to worry about file name collisions between tasks.
I don't either, but it's a cool idea because you can create a bunch of files for something and delete them all when you're done just by deleting the directory they're in. Also makes it so you don't have to worry about file name collisions between tasks.
Yes thats exactly how I use this alias. Another benefit is that in most of linux distros the ‘/tmp’ directory is cleared upon each reboot.
Whaaaaat I did not know this.