Debian's /tmpest in a teapot

Posted Jun 4, 2024 10:28 UTC (Tue) by abo (subscriber, #77288)
In reply to: Debian's /tmpest in a teapot by ju3Ceemi
Parent article: Debian's /tmpest in a teapot

While not explicit in the FHS (but perhaps somewhere else), it's usually better to use /var/tmp for large files. It's supposed to be preserved during reboot so it probably isn't tmpfs.

https://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/FHS_3.0/fhs/ch05s15....