On Tue, 07 May 2024 22:29:30 +0100, Richard Lewis <richard.lewis.deb...@googlemail.com> wrote: >Holger Levsen <hol...@layer-acht.org> writes: >> I'm a bit surprised how many people seem to really rely on data in /tmp >> to survive for weeks or even months. I wonder if they backup /tmp? > >I use /tmp for things that fall somewhere between "needs a backup" and >"unimportant, can be deleted whenever".
For me there is a difference between /tmp and /var/tmp. On all my systems, /tmp has been a tmpfs for decades, /var/tmp being used for data that is too large for tmpfs. Even losing /tmp would probably affect some of my running programs including the X11 session. Greetings Marc -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | " Questions are the | Mailadresse im Header Rhein-Neckar, DE | Beginning of Wisdom " | Nordisch by Nature | Lt. Worf, TNG "Rightful Heir" | Fon: *49 6224 1600402
