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Save your disk, write files directly into RAM with /dev/shm

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62 points hiAndrewQuinn | 4 comments | 26 Jun 25 23:04 UTC | HN request time: 1.127s | source
1. quotemstr ◴[26 Jun 25 23:44 UTC] No.44392552[source]▶
This is what /tmp IS FOR. No need to be clever.
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2. 1970-01-01 ◴[27 Jun 25 00:16 UTC] No.44392722[source]▶
I think Debian still uses disk space for files in /tmp. YMMV.
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3. frollogaston ◴[27 Jun 25 00:34 UTC] No.44392814[source]▶
/tmp is for temporary files, that's all. It's not about the storage medium.
4. necheffa ◴[27 Jun 25 01:23 UTC] No.44393028[source]▶
This will change starting with Trixie.

Of course, I have always manually configured tmpfs for /tmp/ since Jessie as part of my post-install checklist.