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by 1718627440 301 days ago
Programs shouldn't assume that about /tmp, the user advising this is fine.
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pessimizer 301 days ago
The user wasn't "advising" this, or asking if it was fine. They're just doing it. Everything that they want to do with their own computer is permissible.

The person you're replying to is saying that tmp is meant for temporary storage that could disappear between reboots. A permanent archive of the past states of the tmp directory is not temporary.

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1718627440 301 days ago
I meant from the perspective of the program. You can't assume /tmp to be stable, but when the user tells you it's fine, then it is fine.

> A permanent archive of the past states of the tmp directory is not temporary.

From the perspective of a program it's still volatile, since the files don't stay in their original place.

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