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Re: /var/tmp?



On Tue, 6 Jul 1999, Jules Bean wrote:

> It had been my understanding that /var/tmp is supposed to be
> persistent.  Reaping it could well confuse programs which rely on this
> (and me, since I rely on it personally).

I always thought it best to think of it as persistent across reboots, not
just persistent in general. If you stick something in there and don't
touch it for 7 days then you probably don't need it :>

Jason


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