From: Emanuel Berg <incal@dataswamp.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: emacs in ~/.cache
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2023 23:56:21 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87r0nyd7cq.fsf@dataswamp.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87y1ifxd5c.fsf@gmx.de
Michael Albinus wrote:
>> I have never seen ~/.cache/emacs populated with anything,
>> so what is its purpose?
>
> Tramp 2.7 (of Emacs 30) uses ~/.cache/emacs as temporary
> directory, if possible. The reason are
> security considerations.
I have a Tramp socket file there on Debian, it is the
only file.
It gets more secure that way?
What happens if you remove that directory, will it still work
the next time, just a similar file has to be created first
before use?
--
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-08-19 21:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-08-13 12:17 emacs in ~/.cache Colin Baxter
2023-08-13 12:24 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-08-13 15:43 ` Colin Baxter
2023-08-13 16:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-08-13 16:16 ` Sven Joachim
2023-08-13 13:52 ` Michael Albinus
2023-08-13 15:38 ` Colin Baxter
2023-08-13 16:13 ` Michael Albinus
2023-08-13 17:42 ` Colin Baxter
2023-08-19 21:56 ` Emanuel Berg [this message]
2023-08-22 15:45 ` Michael Albinus
2023-08-22 19:22 ` Emanuel Berg
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