Barak A. Pearlmutter, le lun. 06 mai 2024 11:15:35 +0100, a ecrit: > To me, the purpose of /var/tmp/ when I have my "user" hat on is: a > place to put files I don't want backed up, particularly large ones, > and which if I run out of disk space is a place to look for stuff to > delete. it's not "a place to put files that the system might > capriciously delete just because."
Definite +1 on this. My /var/tmp has various "I want to get rid of this at some point" temporary stuff, and I would be quite annoyed if it would disappear unexpectedly. > One compromise would be to enable the /var/tmp/ reaper by default only > on new installations. At the very least, yes. Samuel