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On Wednesday 12 November 2003 15:02, Yannick Koehler wrote: |
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> > On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 01:23:27PM +0000, tigger@g.o wrote: |
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> > I think /var/www and /var/lib/mysql are candidates for being moved |
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> > for a start. You should be able to wipe /var without breaking your |
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> > system, just logs and re-creatable caches. |
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> With that in mind, why is there a /var? use /tmp ;-) |
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Because /tmp is for shortlived temporary files. /var is for files that |
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can be regenerated, but that regeneration is allowed to be expensive. / |
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tmp must not contain such caches. On /tmp one is able to run a tmp |
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reaper, on /var it would be less than desirable. |
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Paul de Vrieze |
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Gentoo Developer |
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Mail: pauldv@g.o |
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Homepage: http://www.devrieze.net |
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