Re: Re: Re: Make /tmp/ a tmpfs and cleanup /var/tmp/ on a timer by default [was: Re: systemd: tmpfiles.d not cleaning /var/tmp by default]

[Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>]

Barak A. Pearlmutter wrote:
> You know, that's a pretty good idea!
>
> Put a 00README-TMP.txt in /tmp/ and /var/tmp/ which briefly states the
> default deletion policy, the policy in place if it's not the default,
> and a pointer to info about altering it. "/tmp's contents are deleted
> at boot while /var/tmp is preserved across rebooting." Maybe in
> /var/tmp suggest /var/scratch/ or /var/cache/tmp or such as a place
> sysadmins might want to set up for not-backed-up but not-auto-deleted
> material.
>
> If the contents aren't dynamic, maybe they could be links to files in
> /usr/share/doc/systemd/.

This seems like a *great* idea. systemd-tmpfiles configuration can
easily create such a file, either with contents or as a symlink to a
documentation file in /usr/share/doc.