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Re: Can/should I delete /tmp partition?



On Wed, Aug 13, 2025 at 08:47:17PM -0400, Robert Heller wrote:
> Don't delete /tmp -- it is there for a reason. You can generally delete any

[...]

The discussion wasn't about "deleting /tmp" (it is not even clear what
that means -- it could be several things depending on context), but
about removing a disk partition which used to be mounted on /tmp but
isn't any more, because...

> older files there. The system will from time to delete delete stuff there,
> either on boot or via a cron job.
> 
> *Some* systems set /tmp to be a RAMDISK and that could be an option.

... now there is a tmpfs file system mounted there (what you call
RAMDISK, probably).

Cheers
-- 
t

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