There is a very handy solution to this problem called "tmpfs". It should already be mounted at /tmp. Put tmp.txt there and your problem will go away. Cheers, - Michael - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html