2014-11-18 12:08 GMT+01:00 Liviu Daia <liviu.d...@gmail.com>: > /var/tmp has been changed to be a symlink to /tmp. Traditionally, > the difference between /tmp and /var/tmp has been that the former is > cleaned after a reboot, while the latter isn't. Making /var/tmp a > symlink to /tmp means it's no longer practical to make /tmp a ramdisk. > Is this a wise change?
See hier(7): A symbolic link to the system /tmp directory. To protect other users of /var from overfill conditions, this is no longer a space you can trust to retain storage over a reboot. Periodically cleaned by daily(8). Best Martin
