2011-04-06

Don't put files in /tmp/ if you want them later

The orc artwork, for some obscure reason, was in /tmp/

Well, I expected it to be a one off.

Now those nice people at apple have replaced my cracked iPad2 I have to engrave it again, and, well, it has gone.

How bloody stupid. Nothing is ever a "one off". I should know this.

Humph.
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3 comments:

  1. KE55ARDWednesday, 6 April 2011 at 09:28:00 BST

    That's why when you shouted at me for never putting anything in /tmp/ i was right and you were wrong...

    ReplyDelete
  2. DragonWednesday, 6 April 2011 at 09:37:00 BST

    Reminds me of people who store important emails in "Deleted Items" and then shout at the IT admin when they get deleted...

    (Happened to a friend of mine)

    ReplyDelete
  3. PoggsWednesday, 6 April 2011 at 19:36:00 BST

    Open Source it and let the world be your backup

    ReplyDelete

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