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On 06/12/17 15:34, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> - contents of /tmp are not expected to survive the invocation of the |
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> program that created them |
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> - contents of /var/tmp are not expected to survive a reboot |
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That sounds completely wrong, actually. |
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The contents of /var/tmp are expected to survive a system crash, as that |
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is where vi, emacs, libreoffice et al are expected to store their |
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recovery logs. |
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Not much point putting the logs somewhere where they will be deleted by |
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the very occurrence they are intended to protect against ... |
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And yes, the rules for /tmp are "don't expect to find anything you put |
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there will be there a few minutes later ..." :-) |
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Cheers, |
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Wol |
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