<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE> [Mageia-dev] Too many tmp directories </TITLE> <LINK REL="Index" HREF="index.html" > <LINK REL="made" HREF="mailto:mageia-dev%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-dev%5D%20Too%20many%20tmp%20directories&In-Reply-To=%3C201201231019.07334.xrg%40linux.gr%3E"> <META NAME="robots" CONTENT="index,nofollow"> <META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <LINK REL="Previous" HREF="011497.html"> <LINK REL="Next" HREF="011482.html"> </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <H1>[Mageia-dev] Too many tmp directories</H1> <B>P. Christeas</B> <A HREF="mailto:mageia-dev%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-dev%5D%20Too%20many%20tmp%20directories&In-Reply-To=%3C201201231019.07334.xrg%40linux.gr%3E" TITLE="[Mageia-dev] Too many tmp directories">xrg at linux.gr </A><BR> <I>Mon Jan 23 09:19:05 CET 2012</I> <P><UL> <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="011497.html">[Mageia-dev] Too many tmp directories </A></li> <LI>Next message: <A HREF="011482.html">[Mageia-dev] Too many tmp directories </A></li> <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> <a href="date.html#11502">[ date ]</a> <a href="thread.html#11502">[ thread ]</a> <a href="subject.html#11502">[ subject ]</a> <a href="author.html#11502">[ author ]</a> </LI> </UL> <HR> <!--beginarticle--> <PRE>On Sunday 22 January 2012, David W. Hodgins wrote: ><i> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_Hierarchy_Standard#Directory_struct">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_Hierarchy_Standard#Directory_struct</A> </I>><i> ure </I>><i> </I>><i> /tmp - files may not survive reboot. </I>><i> /var/tmp - files may survive reboot </I>><i> ~/tmp - files may survive reboot, also subject to things like quotas, </I>><i> for regular users. </I>><i> </I> 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. -- Say NO to spam and viruses. Stop using Microsoft Windows! </PRE> <!--endarticle--> <HR> <P><UL> <!--threads--> <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="011497.html">[Mageia-dev] Too many tmp directories </A></li> <LI>Next message: <A HREF="011482.html">[Mageia-dev] Too many tmp directories </A></li> <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> <a href="date.html#11502">[ date ]</a> <a href="thread.html#11502">[ thread ]</a> <a href="subject.html#11502">[ subject ]</a> <a href="author.html#11502">[ author ]</a> </LI> </UL> <hr> <a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev mailing list</a><br> </body></html>