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/tmp/emacs0/ not cleaned up upon exit

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Message #57 received at 44644 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 44644 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#44644: /tmp/emacs0/ not cleaned up upon exit
Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2020 06:34:47 +0800

>>>>> "LI" == Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:
LI> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> I actually don't share the feeling of an annoyance here: /tmp is
>> regularly cleaned up anyway, right?  But that's me.

LI> Only on reboot, and some people have machines running for months, so
LI> keeping /tmp clean-ish is something programs usually try to do.

Indeed. What if every program had the attitude "Gee, I don't know how to
deal with my garbage. Maybe I'll just leave it sitting here and the
Environmental Protection Bureau will do something with it."

Because 99% of programs are environmentally responsible, that why /tmp
is still usable!

Else it would quickly cause even your SSD to stop spinning.

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