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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Structure in $HOME
From:       "Manuel Amador (Rudd-O)" <amadorm () usm ! edu ! ec>
Date:       2003-02-05 15:50:36
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Well, IMHO the proper place to put thumbnails is $HOME, into some 
directory that is shared among KDE and GNOME.  If sysadmins need more 
disk space, they can erase browser and thumbnail caches with a single 
bash command:

for a in `cat /etc/passwd | awk -F : '{ print $6 }' | xargs echo ` ; do 
rm -rf "$a/.directorycontainingcache" ; done

This should take less than 5 minutes.  This could be run before every 
backup.

Thiago Macieira wrote:

>Manuel Amador (Rudd-O) wrote:
>  
>
>>>You mean /var/tmp, no? Because /tmp is potentially cleared at every
>>>bootup. (The FHS even recommends that!) I wouldn't want to lose all
>>>my thumbnails every time I shut down my computer.
>>>      
>>>
>>Or perhaps /var/cache (after all they're caches of pictures).
>>    
>>
>
>Oh, boy... here we go again.
>
>We've already had this discussion about temporary files and caches.
>
>Pros for /var/cache:
>- consistent naming (caches are in cache)
>
>Cons:
>- Linux-specific
>- /var/cache isn't 1777, so KDE has to install a 1777 subdirectory there, 
>under which a per-user[-hostname][-display] subdirectory must be created.
>
>No conclusion has been reached, though, except that neither $HOME nor /tmp 
>seem to be the adequate places.
>
>  
>


 
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