Re: Can/should I delete /tmp partition?
FWIW:
Here is more information.
This is after a reboot.
$ findmnt /tmp
TARGET SOURCE FSTYPE OPTIONS
/tmp tmpfs tmpfs
rw,nosuid,nodev,size=3938476k,nr_inodes=1048576,inode64
ls /mnt
total 12K
783372 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4.0K Feb 3 2024 ./
2 drwxr-xr-x 20 root root 4.0K Aug 9 20:30 ../
1044927 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Feb 3 2024 my_usb/
$ ls /mnt/my_usb/
total 8.0K
1044927 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Feb 3 2024 ./
783372 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4.0K Feb 3 2024 ../
$ ls /tmp
total 20K
1 drwxrwxrwt 20 root root 480 Aug 11 14:29 ./
2 drwxr-xr-x 20 root root 4.0K Aug 9 20:30 ../
5 drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 40 Aug 11 14:28 .font-unix/
3 drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 80 Aug 11 14:28 .ICE-unix/
6 drwx------ 3 root root 60 Aug 11 14:28 systemd-
private-52ea092a16fa40a3b21bac6d5a5a0bf0-bluetooth.service-fFDOR0/
26 drwx------ 3 root root 60 Aug 11 14:28 systemd-
private-52ea092a16fa40a3b21bac6d5a5a0bf0-colord.service-J96Vsz/
30 drwx------ 3 root root 60 Aug 11 14:28 systemd-
private-52ea092a16fa40a3b21bac6d5a5a0bf0-exim4.service-gC5Gn3/
68 drwx------ 3 root root 60 Aug 11 14:29 systemd-
private-52ea092a16fa40a3b21bac6d5a5a0bf0-fwupd.service-eKtmYC/
10 drwx------ 3 root root 60 Aug 11 14:28 systemd-
private-52ea092a16fa40a3b21bac6d5a5a0bf0-lm-sensors.service-ROtcAz/
12 drwx------ 3 root root 60 Aug 11 14:28 systemd-
private-52ea092a16fa40a3b21bac6d5a5a0bf0-low-memory-monitor.service-
eJ6xvK/
22 drwx------ 3 root root 60 Aug 11 14:28 systemd-
private-52ea092a16fa40a3b21bac6d5a5a0bf0-ModemManager.service-LifYov/
14 drwx------ 3 root root 60 Aug 11 14:28 systemd-
private-52ea092a16fa40a3b21bac6d5a5a0bf0-polkit.service-RVxVZv/
44 drwx------ 3 root root 60 Aug 11 14:28 systemd-
private-52ea092a16fa40a3b21bac6d5a5a0bf0-power-profiles-daemon.service-
yUPBGs/
16 drwx------ 3 root root 60 Aug 11 14:28 systemd-
private-52ea092a16fa40a3b21bac6d5a5a0bf0-rsyslog.service-IxIAlN/
18 drwx------ 3 root root 60 Aug 11 14:28 systemd-
private-52ea092a16fa40a3b21bac6d5a5a0bf0-switcheroo-control.service-
KDYVE1/
20 drwx------ 3 root root 60 Aug 11 14:28 systemd-
private-52ea092a16fa40a3b21bac6d5a5a0bf0-systemd-logind.service-4G8qZp/
[REDACTED]
40 drwx------ 3 root root 60 Aug 11 14:28 systemd-
private-52ea092a16fa40a3b21bac6d5a5a0bf0-upower.service-C9oMgx/
2 drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 120 Aug 11 14:28 .X11-unix/
4 drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 40 Aug 11 14:28 .XIM-unix/
47 -r--r--r-- 1 me me 11 Aug 11 14:28 .X0-lock
34 -r--r--r-- 1 Debian-gdm Debian-gdm 11 Aug 11 14:28 .X1024-lock
36 -r--r--r-- 1 Debian-gdm Debian-gdm 11 Aug 11 14:28 .X1025-lock
49 -r--r--r-- 1 me me 11 Aug 11 14:28 .X1-lock
$ ls /run/lock
total 8.0K
1 drwxrwxrwt 3 root root 100 Aug 11 14:28 ./
1 drwxr-xr-x 31 root root 740 Aug 11 14:29 ../
2 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 40 Aug 11 14:28 subsys/
3 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22 Aug 11 14:28 asound.state.lock
4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22 Aug 11 14:28 card0.lock
$ ls /run
total 16K
1 drwxr-xr-x 31 root root 740 Aug 11 14:29 ./
2 drwxr-xr-x 20 root root 4.0K Aug 9 20:30 ../
2839 drwxr-xr-x 2 avahi avahi 80 Aug 11 14:28
avahi-daemon/
2610 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 80 Aug 11 14:28
console-setup/
1183 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 60 Aug 11 14:43
credentials/
2798 drwx------ 2 root root 40 Aug 11 14:28
cryptsetup/
2841 drwxr-xr-x 3 root lp 100 Aug 11 14:28
cups/
2843 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 60 Aug 11 14:28
dbus/
2805 drwxr-x--- 2 Debian-exim Debian-exim 60 Aug 11 14:28
exim4/
3011 drwx--x--x 4 root Debian-gdm 80 Aug 11 14:28
gdm3/
2 drwx------ 2 root root 80 Aug 11 14:28
initramfs/
1 drwxrwxrwt 3 root root 100 Aug 11 14:28
lock/
1259 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 60 Aug 11 14:28 log/
3456 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 60 Aug 11 14:29
motd.d/
1237 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 40 Aug 11 14:28
mount/
1317 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 100 Aug 11 14:28
network/
2965 drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 120 Aug 11 14:29
NetworkManager/
1155 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 40 Aug 11 14:28
plymouth/
2800 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 40 Aug 11 14:28
sendsigs.omit.d/
2809 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 40 Aug 11 14:28
setrans/
2799 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Aug 11 14:28 shm
-> /dev/shm/
2810 drwxr-x--- 3 speech-dispatcher audio 100 Aug 11 14:28
speech-dispatcher/
2797 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 40 Aug 11 14:28
sshd/
2818 drwx--x--x 2 root root 40 Aug 11 14:28
sudo/
1180 drwxr-xr-x 22 root root 580 Aug 11 14:46
systemd/
1243 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 60 Aug 11 14:28
tmpfiles.d/
[REDACTED]
3 drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 220 Aug 11 14:29
udev/
2962 drwx------ 2 root root 40 Aug 11 14:28
udisks2/
2823 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 60 Aug 11 14:29
user/
2829 drwxrwsr-x 2 uuidd uuidd 60 Aug 11 14:28
uuidd/
2957 drwxr-x--- 2 root netdev 40 Aug 11 14:28
wpa_supplicant/
2884 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4 Aug 11 14:28
crond.pid
2888 ---------- 1 root root 0 Aug 11 14:28
crond.reboot
3012 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5 Aug 11 14:28
gdm3.pid
1225 prw------- 1 root root 0 Aug 11 14:28
initctl|
3086 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5 Aug 11 14:28
privoxy.pid
$ sudo ls -lahFi /run/initramfs/
total 4.0K
2 drwx------ 2 root root 80 Aug 11 14:28 ./
1 drwxr-xr-x 32 root root 760 Aug 11 15:00 ../
1157 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 182 Aug 11 14:28 fsck.log
1159 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Aug 11 14:28 fsck-root
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