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How can I store some 6 Gb of files in a temp directory that will be automatically deleted within one day and not require a reboot
I would like to store some files in a temp directory that will be automatically deleted within one day and not require a reboot. The files will be about 6 Gigabytes. When should I use /tmp? Use /...
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Slow Linux file access to /tmp
time touch /tmp/test.dat real 0m1.03s user 0m0.00s sys 0m1.02s A full second of sys-mode time to create a file in /tmp. That can become unbearable for ksh scripts that open dozens of files ...
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Documentation for /tmp's default permissions
Is there any documentation for the default permissions of the /tmp folder on *nix, in particular Linux? (Or perhaps /tmp doesn't have specified default permissions?) Background: I'm trying to ensure ...
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Ways to keep files in /tmp?
I have a RHEL 8 workstation that hosts an app whose GUI is accessible through https on an unprivileged port. When the app is started, it creates a few socket files in /tmp with random names and the ....
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tmpreaper error: run time exceeded
How to overcome/force-fix the following problem: $ sudo /usr/sbin/tmpreaper 15d /tmp error: run time exceeded! This may be indicative of an attack to use tmpreaper to remove critical files; or the ...
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Do applications have priority over tmpfs for RAM usage (in the presence of swap)?
TLDR; If /tmp in mounted as tmpfs, in the presence of swap, is there any kind of priority when swapping ? Does tmpfs start to swap before applications ? FULL STORY I have a laptop with 32G of RAM (...
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Only since Debian 11: regular users can't write to world/group writable files under /tmp/ owned by other users, unless owner is root [duplicate]
Users: root userA - the normal owner of the file userB - the user that wants to write to the file The file: Let's say I have a basic text file: /tmp/file Ownership: chown userA:groupA /tmp/file ...
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Change /tmp (to increase available space) on live system?
I use Ubuntu 20.04, on a machine that has a limited system drive. I came across a build script that checks for available size in /tmp, and it refuses to run if it doesn't see 12 GB available, which I ...
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What does Linux do when the /tmp directory is flooded?
From my knowledge of the `/tmp` directory, it is cleared on reboot. I'm unsure what happens to the living host whenever the /tmp folder is flooded (put to the max storage capacity) - does Linux have ...
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Shred files in tmpfiles.d
After searching the tmpfiles.d, its seems like there is a limited number of option to erase the files/directories. I want to totally erase the temporary directories with a shred like command, is there ...
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Unable to delete root-owned file under /tmp
The file and folder are owned by root but I did sudo chmod ugo+rw on both, which I confirmed with ls -l. Still, I cannot remove the file as normal user. ❯ ls -ld /tmp /tmp/perm drwxrwxrwt 46 root root ...
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How to set up /var/tmp
This is a very stupid question but how can we set up /var/tmp? Is there a special way to do it or will just creating the directory suffice?
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tmp on tmpfs: fstab vs tmp.mount with systemd
To have /tmp on tmpfs, I know I can use an entry in /etc/fstab, but I do not understand the role of /etc/default/tmpfs mentioned sometimes, and in what case I need to create or modify it. Recently, I ...
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Processes in tmp folder
I have an application that has a process on the /tmp folder, and the process creates another file or folder. If the original process gets ended by the application, will all the files created by it get ...
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Fix Polyinstantiation of /tmp causing 'connect /tmp/.X11-unix/X0: No such file or directory'
In a multiseat desktop system with the /tmp directory polyinstantiated, the /tmp/.X11-unix/ directory and Xn instances are still created under root's /tmp not a user's. ssh -Ying into or out of the ...
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