Re: /mnt usage

[Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Jan 16, 2024 at 6:07 AM David Christensen
<dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> wrote:
>
> On 1/15/24 20:05, David Wright wrote:
>  > And I've never created any mount point under /mnt. For a one time
>  > copy, /mnt is handy; always there, I don't have to mkdir at all.
>
> What about when you need multiple temporary mount points?
>
> What about when you have an portable backup drive that you connect once
> a week?  And the drive is encrypted?  And your backup system wants to
> know where?

It depends on the standard you are following. /run/user/$uid is
popular nowadays for systemd systems. In the past, it used to be /tmp.
For systems I control, I set each user's TMPDIR to $HOME/tmp, so they
can do what they want in their own area. Unlike /run, TMPDIR is not
cleared at reboot, however.

Also see <https://superuser.com/q/332610>. It covers a lot of the
locations, like /tmp and /run.

Jeff