> filesystem components like /var/tmp that nobody knows the purpose of The purpose of /var/tmp is temporary files that should survive a reboot. A potential exa

> filesystem components like /var/tmp that nobody knows the purpose of The purpose of /var/tmp is temporary files that should survive a reboot. A potential example where that would make since is a partial download file. It is only needed temporarily but if a reboot happens while the download is in progress, you probably don't want to have to start over. Also if /tmp is or might be a tmpfs, it is probably desirable to use /var/tmp for larger temporary files that don't fit in RAM.