[CentOS] /tmp directory

[Rudi Ahlers]

On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 6:58 PM,  <m.roth at 5-cent.us> wrote:
> Rudi Ahlers wrote:
>>>>> Am 10.12.2012 um 11:22 schrieb John Doe:
>>>>>> From: Jerry Geis <geisj at pagestation.com>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You also have '/var/tmp' that is expected to survive reboots and
>>>>>> should be less often (never?) cleared.
>>>>>
>>>>> cat /etc/cron.daily/tmpwatch
>>>>> flags=-umc
>>>>> /usr/sbin/tmpwatch "$flags" -x /tmp/.X11-unix -x /tmp/.XIM-unix \
>>>>>      -x /tmp/.font-unix -x /tmp/.ICE-unix -x /tmp/.Test-unix \
>>>>>      -X '/tmp/hsperfdata_*' 240 /tmp
>>>>> /usr/sbin/tmpwatch "$flags" 720 /var/tmp
>>>>> for d in /var/{cache/man,catman}/{cat?,X11R6/cat?,local/cat?}; do
>>>>>     if [ -d "$d" ]; then
>>>>>      /usr/sbin/tmpwatch "$flags" -f 720 "$d"
>>>>>     fi
>>>>> done
>>>>>
>>>>> 720 = 30 days
>>>>
>>>> what? you mean this dir called /var/tmp is actually for temporary
>>>> stuff?? man, this system is seriously screwed up...
>>
>> What else do you use it for?
>
> I think John intended the cmt with <humor></humor>
>
>         mark "temporary files are temporary? who'd'a thunk it?"
>
> _______________________________________________


Probably. But I've seen people using /tmp to store rather important
stuff, which is why I asked the question - to get clarity.


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