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[Mageia-dev] Too many tmp directories

+ P. Christeas + xrg at linux.gr +
+ Mon Jan 23 09:19:05 CET 2012 +

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+ +
On Sunday 22 January 2012, David W. Hodgins wrote:
+> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_Hierarchy_Standard#Directory_struct
+> ure
+> 
+> /tmp     - files may not survive reboot.
+> /var/tmp - files may survive reboot
+> ~/tmp    - files may survive reboot, also subject to things like quotas,
+> for regular users.
+> 
+
+Add to that:
+ /tmp may be the fastest (ramfs)
+ /var/tmp is machine-local, quite fast
+ ~/tmp may be network-mapped (nfs), will be slower
+
+it is a speed vs. longevity tradeoff
+
+and also good reason to have all these choices.
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