On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 7:12 AM, Vadim Zhukov <[email protected]> wrote: > 2013/6/9 Otto Moerbeek <[email protected]> > >> On Sun, Jun 09, 2013 at 10:10:06AM +0100, Jason McIntyre wrote: >> >> > On Sun, Jun 09, 2013 at 05:06:01AM -0400, Jiri B wrote: >> > > >Sorry but this seems to bizzare to make 'cache' appropriate >> > > >subdir in /var just because of one specific tool. Wouldn't be >> > > >better to customize it to use /var/db/fontconfig? >> > > >> > > Ahh, on other machine there's also 'cups' and 'libvirt' :) >> > > >> > > jirib >> > >> > in that case my diff is definitely wrong. so i need a general >> > description of what /var/cache is for. >> > >> > jmc >> >> A cache holds stuff the is relativey expensive to recompute. If the >> data is thrown away, it can be regenerated. >> > > Is there any real difference with subdir under /var/tmp then?
/etc/daily seems to prune files from /var/tmp based on whether they've been accessed in the last 7 days i would first trigger manual prunes to /var/cache and see how programs react > > -- > WBR, > Vadim Zhukov
