On 30 May 2019, at 06:32, Matus UHLAR - fantomas <uh...@fantomas.sk> wrote: >> On 29 May 2019, at 08:52, Benny Pedersen <m...@junc.eu> wrote: >>> /var/tmp must not be cleaned after boots, /tmp will be cleaned on boot > > On 30.05.19 04:44, @lbutlr wrote: >> I've never heard that. Is that a real thing or just your own 'rule'? > > it's standard FHS: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_Hierarchy_Standard > > /tmp > > Temporary files (see also /var/tmp). Often not preserved between system > reboots, and may be severely size restricted. > /var/tmp > > Temporary files to be preserved between reboots.
But can still be deleted at any time, just "less frequently than /tmp"; certainly not a place to store necessary files. I don't see this anywhere for *BSD, thankfully, so I can safely ignore it. The only files in /var/tmp on my system are the database for pkg provides and a directory for vi.recovery containing a single file from April 2018. -- Two, Four, Six, Eight! Time to Transubstantiate!
