Re: /mnt usage

[Tom Furie <tom@furie.org.uk>]

hw <hw@adminart.net> writes:

> /tmp is volatile nowadays and not temporary.  That's particularly

Volatile storage is, by definition, temporary.

> braindead when you want Libreoffice to be able to recover files after
> a crash, which, by default, autosaves in /tmp.

/tmp is a terrible place to store recovery data, it's supposed to be
used for transient data, not stuff you might be concerned about getting
back later. Perhaps somewhere under ~/.local would be more appropriate
on a modern system.