Thread: /tmp & /var/tmp
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Old 13th July 2008
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Anyway, nvi stores open files as Berkeley db files in /var/tmp, say you're writing a document and the server crashes.. open reboot the files in /tmp are gone, /var/tmp on the other hand remains.
No, neither /tmp nor /var/tmp are cleared on boot by default.

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