[fhs-discuss] tighten the use and intention of the "/var" hierarchy

[Christoph Anton Mitterer]

On Sun, 15 May 2011 17:48:50 +0200, Lennart Poettering
<lennart at poettering.net> wrote:
>> I guess the idea behind /var is that of variable STATE data,.. and not
>> just ANY variable data (most data is variable anyway).
> 
> Uh. I think /var is very much the right place for MySQL server data and
> other non-user-specific dynamic data.

What do you mean by non-user-specific data?

If I e.g. have a DB that stores addresses,... than I'd say the files that
contains the actual data (especially the addresses) should go to
/srv/something...
Any e.g dynamic indices (which can be easily rebuilt) should go to /var.


Cheers,
Chris.