Many thanks for the rapid and helpful responses from:
Richard Rogers,
Alan Davis,
Jim Bodie,
Andrew Tolmie.
Summary:
/tmp is not used for swap space in Digital Unix.
It is used for temporary files created by for example "vi".
The point of having /tmp on a separate partition is to avoid filling up the /
partition.
Size depends on needs and that depends heavily on the applications
available on the system.... one suggestion was 64Meg.
Thanks to Alan Davis for Recommending the following 2 books:
Digital UNIX System Administrator's Guide by Mathew Cheek, Digital Press,
ISBN 1-55558-199-4
UNIX System Administration Handbook, 2nd Edition (1995) ISBN 0-13-151051-7
Gareth
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