On Wednesday, 5 January 2022 13.29.07 WET Wolfgang Engelmann via lyx-users
wrote:
> Can I delete the lyx_tmpdirs in the root /tmp?
> I have the impression, that a rerun of lyx uses it, which I do not want.
Every time that LyX runs it generates a temporary directory/folder, called
lyx_tmpdir.<xxxxxxxx> where the <xxxxxxx> is replaced by a random string/word.
Inside that directory it is created a new directory for each file opened.
The <xxxxxxxx> part is random and changes between LyX runs. Also if all goes
well when LyX exits it cleans/erases those directories.
The next time it runs again this process is repeated. Honestly that chance
that between successive runs LyX reuses the same name is in practical terms 0.
So if all goes well when LyX exists the temporary directories are removed.
What is the use case that you have?
Best regards,
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José Abílio
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