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  • From: Pierre Abbat <phma AT webjockey.net>
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  • Subject: [SM-Discuss] /var/tmp
  • Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2003 19:38:51 -0400

http://www.pathname.com/fhs/2.2/fhs-5.15.html

"The /var/tmp directory is made available for programs that require temporary
files or directories that are preserved between system reboots. Therefore,
data stored in /var/tmp is more persistent than data in /tmp."

/var/tmp is (at least on my laptop) a symlink to /tmp, which disappears on
shutdown. It shouldn't. Do we have tmpwatch or something similar?

phma
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Perhaps we should just say no to silly things like programs that want
temporary files in public directories that aren't temporary files...

(It's a symlink for me too)

On Fri, 2003-04-18 at 19:38, Pierre Abbat wrote:
> http://www.pathname.com/fhs/2.2/fhs-5.15.html
>
> "The /var/tmp directory is made available for programs that require
> temporary
> files or directories that are preserved between system reboots. Therefore,
> data stored in /var/tmp is more persistent than data in /tmp."
>
> /var/tmp is (at least on my laptop) a symlink to /tmp, which disappears on
> shutdown. It shouldn't. Do we have tmpwatch or something similar?
>
> phma



  • [SM-Discuss] /var/tmp, Pierre Abbat, 04/18/2003

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