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Old 06-06-2020, 05:51 AM   #16
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Why isn't the use of tmpfs for the .cache very common in current distros then? For /tmp too.
Because you may not have enough memory (RAM) for it. For instance just my .cache/firefox tree normally is about 4 MB already (and firefox needs that).
I delete it once a month, just before the full backup, but normally just leave it alone.
 
  


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