I am old school / enterprise oriented, so I feel /var/tmp is correct for this kind of files.
Traditionally /var/tmp was for larger temporary files, and more long-lived ones. /var/tmp traditionally survives a reboot while /tmp may not. Some systems regenerate /tmp on boot, and some use a memory file system. In the memory file system scenario storing big files there will fill system memory. On linux workstations the difference is usually just that if /var is a separate partition then /var/tmp may have more available disk space than /tmp. And of course nowadays /tmp may be on SSD (where you don't really want to write all your big temporary files) while in a system with multiple disks /var/tmp is more probable to be on traditional disk. So my vote is to keep the distinction as it used to be, and perhaps report the new firefox behaviour as a bug if it really is a new default. birger On Mon, 2015-04-13 at 09:29 -0400, Max Pyziur wrote: > Greetings, > > Is there a setting that controls where temporary files are stored (/tmp vs > /var/tmp)? > > When I did a fresh install of F21 temporary files such as the pdf ones > opened by Firefox are now stored in /tmp; before they were stored in > /var/tmp. > > Much thanks, > > Max Pyziur > p...@brama.com -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
