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From: Florian Philipp <lists@×××××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Temporary data storage
Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2012 12:28:41
Message-Id: 504B3981.6020407@binarywings.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Temporary data storage by meino.cramer@gmx.de
1 Am 08.09.2012 14:13, schrieb meino.cramer@×××.de:
2 > Hi,
3 >
4 > from Gentoos point of view:
5 >
6 > The following place I found, where temporary data are stored:
7 > /tmp
8 > /var/tmp
9 > /run
10 > /tmp
11 > /var/log ???
12 >
13 > Where else are temprary data stored, which can thrown away when rebooting?
14 >
15 > Thank you very much in advance for any help!
16 > Best regards,
17 > mcc
18 >
19
20 What exactly are you trying to do?
21
22 As per the filesystem hierarchy standard [1], you should not clear out
23 /var/tmp on reboots.
24
25 Other directories you /might/ clear out:
26 /var/run
27 /var/lock
28
29 [1] http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html
30
31 Regards,
32 Florian Philipp

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