On Sat, Sep 8, 2012 at 8:26 AM, Florian Philipp <[email protected]>wrote:
> Am 08.09.2012 14:13, schrieb [email protected]: > > Hi, > > > > from Gentoos point of view: > > > > The following place I found, where temporary data are stored: > > /tmp > > /var/tmp > > /run > > /tmp > > /var/log ??? > > > > Where else are temprary data stored, which can thrown away when > rebooting? > > > > Thank you very much in advance for any help! > > Best regards, > > mcc > > > > What exactly are you trying to do? > > As per the filesystem hierarchy standard [1], you should not clear out > /var/tmp on reboots. > > Other directories you /might/ clear out: > /var/run > /var/lock > > [1] http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html > > Regards, > Florian Philipp > > I'd guess he's making a system template image for PXE or cloning. -- :wq

