From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Dec 29 16:29:56 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA04848 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 29 Dec 1998 16:29:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from scientia.demon.co.uk (scientia.demon.co.uk [212.228.14.13]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA04835 for ; Tue, 29 Dec 1998 16:29:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ben@scientia.demon.co.uk) Received: from ben by scientia.demon.co.uk with local (Exim 2.10 #3) id 0zv852-0004T9-00; Tue, 29 Dec 1998 22:57:36 +0000 Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 22:57:36 +0000 From: Ben Smithurst To: Chris Shenton Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /var/run vs. /var/db difference? Message-ID: <19981229225736.A17162@scientia.demon.co.uk> References: <8667avx785.fsf@samizdat.uucom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95i In-Reply-To: <8667avx785.fsf@samizdat.uucom.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Chris Shenton wrote: > Running FreeBSD-2.2.8-STABLE. What's the difference between the > /var/run and /var/db? What are they intended for? I couldn't find the > answer in a quick search of the handbook but maybe I missed some map > of filesystems and intended uses. hier(7) > [/var/db] looks somewhat more permanent. Correct, /var/run is cleared at boot time. > I've built Amanda (network backup) and want to know where is best to > store its database of machines, filesystems, dump levels, and > tapes. This needs to be preserved across machine boots. See above. If you don't want it cleared on reboot, don't use /var/run. -- Ben Smithurst ben@scientia.demon.co.uk send a blank message to ben+pgp@scientia.demon.co.uk for PGP key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message