On Thu, 2016-07-21 at 17:19 +0530, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote: > > I am not sure if there's an fd.o defined standard for environment variables, > but > a quick web search pointed to the IEEE and Open Group link. > http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/V1_chap08.html > > None of the standards talk about where TMPDIR should be pointing to. On > GNU/Linux, I recollect it pointing to /tmp and always wondered what > environment > variable would point to /var/tmp
Some more search pointed the following link that talks about /var/tmp http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#VARTMPTEMPORARYFILESPRESERVEDBETWEE To quote: ************************************************************* /var/tmp : Temporary files preserved between system reboots Purpose The /var/tmp directory is made available for programs that require temporary files or directories that are preserved between system reboots. Therefore, data stored in /var/tmp is more persistent than data in /tmp. Files and directories located in /var/tmp must not be deleted when the system is booted. Although data stored in /var/tmp is typically deleted in a site-specific manner, it is recommended that deletions occur at a less frequent interval than /tmp. ************************************************************* So this could be the answer to DTMPDIR (Disk TMPDIR). The only missing bit is the Environment Variable. Does anyone know of a standard way to referencing this ? -- Given the large number of mailing lists I follow, I request you to CC me in replies for quicker response
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