Controlling use of /tmp vs /var/tmp

[Ed Greshko]

On 04/22/15 07:20, Max Pyziur wrote:
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> Greetings,
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> Recently, I tried asking a question in regard to the use of /tmp vs /var/tmp in F21?
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> Is there a way of controlling where temporary files used by certain programs are stashed?
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> With /tmp the files are erased w/ each reboot; w/ /var/tmp they sit there until the files get wiped by something like tmpwatch.
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> As an example, I open enough pdf files using Firefox; in turn, I export them to Acrobat. There, they are stored in /tmp, until I save them to some other location. If I forget, or there is a system crash, the files are lost.
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> In older versions of Fedora (my prior one was F18), temporary files in Acrobat were assigned to /var/tmp.
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> Is there a way or place to specify this?
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>

I don't think there is a way to force all applications to use a specific tmp file directory location.

You can, however, change /tmp from being tmpfs to being on actual persistent disk storage.  Simply do,

systemctl mask tmp.mount

This takes effect on the next boot.

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