Re: question on /var/run

[coreyh@free.fr]

On 16/03/2023 02:08, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 16, 2023 at 02:02:35AM +0800, coreyh@free.fr wrote:
> > I am having the question that why the dir I created in /var/run 
> > disappears
> > after rebooting the system? how to prevent that?
>
> unicorn:~$ ls -ld /var/run
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Jan 11  2018 /var/run -> /run/
> unicorn:~$ df /run
> Filesystem     1K-blocks  Used Available Use% Mounted on
> tmpfs            1215596  1928   1213668   1% /run
>
> Because /var/run is a symlink to /run which is a transient, in-memory
> file system not backed by permanent storage.

Thanks greg.

I have put these statement in @reboot crontab for auto startup.

@reboot mkdir -p /var/run/xxx && chown -R www-data:www-data /var/run/xxx