Re: Using TMPFS for /tmp and /var/run?

From: Matthias Andree <matthias.andree_at_gmx.de>
Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2012 08:07:36 +0200
Am 29.03.2012 22:52, schrieb Eric van Gyzen:

> Respectfully, no.  The default is to store /tmp in UFS, either in its
> own partition (with Auto Defaults) or in / (if no partition was created
> for it), and to refrain from clearing it at boot.  Thus, although /tmp
> is not guaranteed to persist in theory, it is rather persistent in
> practice.
> 
> My only point is:  carefully consider the change in behavior of the
> default installation before breaking the POLA.

How about using /var/tmp for the "a little longer lived" temporary stuff?
Received on Sat Mar 31 2012 - 04:07:39 UTC

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