Re: Where should rrd files generated by a program be stored ?

[Norbert Tretkowski <tretkowski@inittab.de>]

* Jean-Michel Kelbert wrote:
> Therefore a bug report should be openned on packages storing rrd files
> in /var/cache, isn't it ?

I don't agree.

,----[ FHS 5.2.1 ]---
| /var/cache is intended for cached data from applications. Such data is
| locally generated as a result of time-consuming I/O or calculation. The
| application must be able to regenerate or restore the data. Unlike
| /var/spool, the cached files can be deleted without data loss. The data
| should remain valid between invocations of the application and
| rebooting the system.
`----

That's why I moved mailgraph's rrd files from /var/lib to /var/cache.

Norbert