Jumping in after having read only the last few post in the thread. How about "nonpersistent"? /john On Fri, Dec 27, 2019 at 9:06 AM Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > From: VanL > > Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2019 22:31:22 +1100 > > > > >> When I read "provisory" I have alarm bells ringing and I want to > > >> know more, so I check the rest of the documentation and indeed, I > > >> find the kill command and that confirms that buffers are indeed > > >> provisory and need to be saved to a *permanent* file to have their > > >> contents archived. > > > > The intro to RPi4B uses the words 'volatile' and 'non-volatile' memory. > > Buffers aren't "volatile", either, they don't evaporate unless killed. > > -- John Yates 505 Tremont St, #803 Boston, MA 02116