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I often use the /tmp directory on my Linux machine for storing temporary files (e.g. PDFs from a site that wants me to download it first etc.) and I often create a directory with my username. But at every startup it (including all files) gets deleted. Now I know I can put it in /var/tmp, but I want all its contents to be deleted, but for the directory itself to be kept.
So:
tmp
|- me # this should stay
| |- foo1 # this should be deleted...
| |- bar1 # ...and this as well
|- other stuff...
Is there any way to do this? Maybe with permissions or with a special configuration?
tmp
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I often use the /tmp directory on my Linux machine for storing temporary files (e.g. PDFs from a site that wants me to download it first etc.) and I often create a directory with my username. But at every startup it (including all files) gets deleted. Now I know I can put it in /var/tmp, but I want all its contents to be deleted, but for the directory itself to be kept.
So:
tmp
|- me # this should stay
| |- foo1 # this should be deleted...
| |- bar1 # ...and this as well
|- other stuff...
Is there any way to do this? Maybe with permissions or with a special configuration?
tmp
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As a workaround, you might put some code into your shell's login files to "test & mkdir" as needed.
– Jeff Schaller♦
1 hour ago
1
If the files are not temporary, don't store them under/tmp. If you want, create a$HOME/tmpdirectory and store them there instead.
– Kusalananda♦
1 hour ago
add a comment |
I often use the /tmp directory on my Linux machine for storing temporary files (e.g. PDFs from a site that wants me to download it first etc.) and I often create a directory with my username. But at every startup it (including all files) gets deleted. Now I know I can put it in /var/tmp, but I want all its contents to be deleted, but for the directory itself to be kept.
So:
tmp
|- me # this should stay
| |- foo1 # this should be deleted...
| |- bar1 # ...and this as well
|- other stuff...
Is there any way to do this? Maybe with permissions or with a special configuration?
tmp
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I often use the /tmp directory on my Linux machine for storing temporary files (e.g. PDFs from a site that wants me to download it first etc.) and I often create a directory with my username. But at every startup it (including all files) gets deleted. Now I know I can put it in /var/tmp, but I want all its contents to be deleted, but for the directory itself to be kept.
So:
tmp
|- me # this should stay
| |- foo1 # this should be deleted...
| |- bar1 # ...and this as well
|- other stuff...
Is there any way to do this? Maybe with permissions or with a special configuration?
tmp
tmp
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As a workaround, you might put some code into your shell's login files to "test & mkdir" as needed.
– Jeff Schaller♦
1 hour ago
1
If the files are not temporary, don't store them under/tmp. If you want, create a$HOME/tmpdirectory and store them there instead.
– Kusalananda♦
1 hour ago
add a comment |
As a workaround, you might put some code into your shell's login files to "test & mkdir" as needed.
– Jeff Schaller♦
1 hour ago
1
If the files are not temporary, don't store them under/tmp. If you want, create a$HOME/tmpdirectory and store them there instead.
– Kusalananda♦
1 hour ago
As a workaround, you might put some code into your shell's login files to "test & mkdir" as needed.
– Jeff Schaller♦
1 hour ago
As a workaround, you might put some code into your shell's login files to "test & mkdir" as needed.
– Jeff Schaller♦
1 hour ago
1
1
If the files are not temporary, don't store them under
/tmp. If you want, create a $HOME/tmp directory and store them there instead.– Kusalananda♦
1 hour ago
If the files are not temporary, don't store them under
/tmp. If you want, create a $HOME/tmp directory and store them there instead.– Kusalananda♦
1 hour ago
add a comment |
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I use pam-tmpdir for this: it creates a user-private temporary directory at login. To set it up, add
session optional pam_tmpdir.so
to the appropriate PAM services; the next time you log in, you’ll find a directory under /tmp/user with your user id, and TMP and TMPDIR set appropriately.
answered 1 hour ago
Stephen KittStephen Kitt
180k25409487
Could you explain what the appropriate PAM services are and how the line can be added to them? What files should be edited?
– terdon♦
31 mins ago
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One solution would be to use a @reboot cron job:
@reboot mkdir -p "/tmp/$USER"
Adding this to your crontab with crontab -e would make it execute whenever the machine boots up.
Or, use
mkdir -p "/tmp/$USER"
in your shell's startup file.
In either case, you may also want to use
TMPDIR=/tmp/$USER
export TMPDIR
in your shell's startup file if you want to use that directory as the default temporary directory.
answered 41 mins ago
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I use pam-tmpdir for this: it creates a user-private temporary directory at login. To set it up, add
session optional pam_tmpdir.so
to the appropriate PAM services; the next time you log in, you’ll find a directory under /tmp/user with your user id, and TMP and TMPDIR set appropriately.
answered 1 hour ago
Stephen KittStephen Kitt
180k25409487
Could you explain what the appropriate PAM services are and how the line can be added to them? What files should be edited?
– terdon♦
31 mins ago
add a comment |
I use pam-tmpdir for this: it creates a user-private temporary directory at login. To set it up, add
session optional pam_tmpdir.so
to the appropriate PAM services; the next time you log in, you’ll find a directory under /tmp/user with your user id, and TMP and TMPDIR set appropriately.
answered 1 hour ago
Stephen KittStephen Kitt
180k25409487
Could you explain what the appropriate PAM services are and how the line can be added to them? What files should be edited?
– terdon♦
31 mins ago
add a comment |
I use pam-tmpdir for this: it creates a user-private temporary directory at login. To set it up, add
session optional pam_tmpdir.so
to the appropriate PAM services; the next time you log in, you’ll find a directory under /tmp/user with your user id, and TMP and TMPDIR set appropriately.
answered 1 hour ago
Stephen KittStephen Kitt
180k25409487
I use pam-tmpdir for this: it creates a user-private temporary directory at login. To set it up, add
session optional pam_tmpdir.so
to the appropriate PAM services; the next time you log in, you’ll find a directory under /tmp/user with your user id, and TMP and TMPDIR set appropriately.
answered 1 hour ago
Stephen KittStephen Kitt
180k25409487
answered 1 hour ago
Stephen KittStephen Kitt
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answered 1 hour ago
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answered 1 hour ago
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Could you explain what the appropriate PAM services are and how the line can be added to them? What files should be edited?
– terdon♦
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Could you explain what the appropriate PAM services are and how the line can be added to them? What files should be edited?
– terdon♦
31 mins ago
Could you explain what the appropriate PAM services are and how the line can be added to them? What files should be edited?
– terdon♦
31 mins ago
Could you explain what the appropriate PAM services are and how the line can be added to them? What files should be edited?
– terdon♦
31 mins ago
add a comment |
One solution would be to use a @reboot cron job:
@reboot mkdir -p "/tmp/$USER"
Adding this to your crontab with crontab -e would make it execute whenever the machine boots up.
Or, use
mkdir -p "/tmp/$USER"
in your shell's startup file.
In either case, you may also want to use
TMPDIR=/tmp/$USER
export TMPDIR
in your shell's startup file if you want to use that directory as the default temporary directory.
answered 41 mins ago
Kusalananda♦Kusalananda
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One solution would be to use a @reboot cron job:
@reboot mkdir -p "/tmp/$USER"
Adding this to your crontab with crontab -e would make it execute whenever the machine boots up.
Or, use
mkdir -p "/tmp/$USER"
in your shell's startup file.
In either case, you may also want to use
TMPDIR=/tmp/$USER
export TMPDIR
in your shell's startup file if you want to use that directory as the default temporary directory.
answered 41 mins ago
Kusalananda♦Kusalananda
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One solution would be to use a @reboot cron job:
@reboot mkdir -p "/tmp/$USER"
Adding this to your crontab with crontab -e would make it execute whenever the machine boots up.
Or, use
mkdir -p "/tmp/$USER"
in your shell's startup file.
In either case, you may also want to use
TMPDIR=/tmp/$USER
export TMPDIR
in your shell's startup file if you want to use that directory as the default temporary directory.
answered 41 mins ago
Kusalananda♦Kusalananda
140k17261435
One solution would be to use a @reboot cron job:
@reboot mkdir -p "/tmp/$USER"
Adding this to your crontab with crontab -e would make it execute whenever the machine boots up.
Or, use
mkdir -p "/tmp/$USER"
in your shell's startup file.
In either case, you may also want to use
TMPDIR=/tmp/$USER
export TMPDIR
in your shell's startup file if you want to use that directory as the default temporary directory.
answered 41 mins ago
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As a workaround, you might put some code into your shell's login files to "test & mkdir" as needed.
– Jeff Schaller♦
1 hour ago
1
If the files are not temporary, don't store them under
/tmp. If you want, create a$HOME/tmpdirectory and store them there instead.– Kusalananda♦
1 hour ago