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From: aglew@ccvaxa.UUCP
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Subject: Re: I would like to have an argumen
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Date: 12 Mar 88 20:23:00 GMT
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..> UNIX not having temporary files
..> versus the open/unlink trick that keeps your file open until
..> your process dies.

I'm of two minds about scratch files. On the one hand, I like not
having to explicitly, or externally, clean up; on the other hand,
I sometimes used to wish that I could look at a scratch file after
a program aborted ("Hey Mr. POD, my program aborted after 2 hours!"
"Well, how far did it get?" "Oh, all the temporary results are stored
in a scratch file...")

A good checkpoint facility obviates this need.