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On Sun, 13 Apr 2008 23:36:42 -0400, Steven Lembark wrote: |
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> > I second that, tmpfs for /tmp is great: |
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> Catch: You loose it all on reboot. |
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You are supposed to. The LFS says that /tmp is for files that do not need |
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to survive a reboot. Baselayout now defaults to wiping /tmp at boot |
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anyway. |
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> Since things like vi keep their in-work backups |
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> there, loosing the entire contents of /tmp after a |
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> crash can be painful. |
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Then they are broken, such data should be stored in /var/tmp. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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