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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">how to control the deletion time on /var/tmp? is it the same as <STRONG>TMPTIME</STRONG> in /etc/default/rcS ?</SPAN></div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto">Rajeev</div>
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<DIV style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 0; MARGIN: 5px 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; HEIGHT: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 0px; BORDER-TOP: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px" class=hr contentEditable=false readonly="true"></DIV><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Tom H <tomh0665@gmail.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> Ubuntu Users <ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com> <BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Tuesday, June 5, 2012 12:36 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: /tmp & /var/tmp in ubuntu<BR></FONT></DIV><BR>On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 1:13 PM, Rajeev Prasad <<A href="mailto:rp.neuli@yahoo.com" ymailto="mailto:rp.neuli@yahoo.com">rp.neuli@yahoo.com</A>> wrote:<BR>><BR>> comparing to solaris in which /tmp actually affects system RAM. so you<BR>>
should not keep anything big in /tmp.<BR>><BR>> is it the same in ubuntu?<BR>><BR>> can i keep my tmp data in /var/tmp? or is it primarily meant for apps only<BR>> to use?<BR><BR>In Solaris, the filesystem of "/tmp" is tmpfs so it's more likely to<BR>be smaller than having "/tmp" as a directory on "/" or a separate<BR>partition.<BR><BR>You can set up "/tmp" to use tmpfs on Ubuntu but this isn't done by<BR>default, as on Solaris.<BR><BR>The only difference between "/tmp" and "/var/tmp" is that files in<BR>"/var/tmp" are deleted less frequently by the system without any size<BR>criterion/criteria.<BR><BR>-- <BR>ubuntu-users mailing list<BR><A href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com" ymailto="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</A><BR>Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <A href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users"
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