I would like to add to what @birger already said that currently Fedora mounts /tmp as /tmpfs by default; that means that the /tmp directory we access is in fact a sort of ram disk that is destroyed every time we shut down our system. You can learn more tmpfs here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tmpfs https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/tmp-on-tmpfs https://ask.fedoraproject.org/en/question/25383/how-turn-off-tmpfs-on-fedora-18/ (Don't know if this last link still applies though, need to check it) -Martin -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org