Quoting <http://pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#VARRUNRUNTIMEVARIABLEDATA> > System programs that maintain transient UNIX-domain sockets must place them > in this directory. I don't even know what 'transient' means, but this seems to apply to X IPC sockets.
On 1/2/11, Bjartur Thorlacius <svartma...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Maybe /var/tmp/ would be a better choice than /tmp? > Or you know, /var/cache? > For sockets, /var/run, which is always wiped on boot, seems appropriate. >