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]
On Tue, 07 May 2024 22:29:30 +0100, Richard Lewis
<richard.lewis.debian@googlemail.com> wrote:
>Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org> writes:
>> I'm a bit surprised how many people seem to really rely on data in /tmp
>> to survive for weeks or even months. I wonder if they backup /tmp?
>
>I use /tmp for things that fall somewhere between "needs a backup" and
>"unimportant, can be deleted whenever".
For me there is a difference between /tmp and /var/tmp. On all my
systems, /tmp has been a tmpfs for decades, /var/tmp being used for
data that is too large for tmpfs.
Even losing /tmp would probably affect some of my running programs
including the X11 session.
Greetings
Marc
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