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Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2019 13:00:41 +0100
From: Ulli Horlacher <framstag AT rus DOT uni-stuttgart DOT de>
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Subject: non-persistant storage?
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I need to store some data (a few kB) non-persistant.
On a real UNIX I would use /var/run, because after a shutdown all its
content is lost.
But on cygwin /var/run is stored on disk.

I cannot use an environment variable, because different processes need to
read/write the data.

/proc is non-persistant (in respect to a reboot), but It is not a generic
storage place.

What can I use with cygwin instead?

Installing third party software is not an option, it must work with a
standard Windows (and cygwin).

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