On Wednesday 12 November 2003 14:18, Paul de Vrieze wrote: > > With that in mind, why is there a /var? use /tmp ;-) > > Because /tmp is for shortlived temporary files. /var is for files that > can be regenerated, but that regeneration is allowed to be expensive.
That description applies to /var/cache. but not all of /var. http://www.pathname.com/fhs/2.2/fhs-5.5.html /var isnt only for things that can be regenerated. The content of /var/mail in particular is irreplaceable. http://www.pathname.com/fhs/2.2/fhs-5.1.html > tmp must not contain such caches. On /tmp one is able to run a tmp > reaper, on /var it would be less than desirable. Agreed -- Toby Dickenson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
