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Re: /mnt usage

From Tom Furie <tom@furie.org.uk>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: /mnt usage
Date 2024-01-16 16:20 +0100
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hw <hw@adminart.net> writes:

> /tmp is volatile nowadays and not temporary.  That's particularly

Volatile storage is, by definition, temporary.

> braindead when you want Libreoffice to be able to recover files after
> a crash, which, by default, autosaves in /tmp.

/tmp is a terrible place to store recovery data, it's supposed to be
used for transient data, not stuff you might be concerned about getting
back later. Perhaps somewhere under ~/.local would be more appropriate
on a modern system.

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/mnt usage David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2024-01-16 06:50 +0100
  Re: /mnt usage <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2024-01-16 07:10 +0100
    Re: /mnt usage Cindy Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2024-01-16 13:50 +0100
  Re: /mnt usage Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com> - 2024-01-16 14:30 +0100
  Re: /mnt usage hw <hw@adminart.net> - 2024-01-16 15:00 +0100
    Re: /mnt usage Tom Furie <tom@furie.org.uk> - 2024-01-16 16:20 +0100
  Re: /mnt usage David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2024-01-17 02:00 +0100

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