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<sect1 id="tmp">
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<title>/tmp</title>
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<para>
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This directory contains mostly files that are required temporarily. Many
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programs use this to create lock files and for temporary storage of data. Do
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not remove files from this directory unless you know exactly what you are doing!
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Many of these files are important for currently running programs and deleting
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them may result in a system crash. Usually it won't contain more than a few KB
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anyway. On most systems, this directory is cleared out at boot or at shutdown
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by the local system. The basis for this was historical precedent and common
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practice. However, it was not made a requirement because system administration
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is not within the scope of the FSSTND. For this reason people and programs must
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not assume that any files or directories in /tmp are preserved between
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invocations of the program. The reasoning behind this is for compliance with
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IEEE standard P1003.2 (POSIX, part 2).
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</para>
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</sect1>
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