[sane-devel] Backend calibration data storage...

Monty xiphmont@xiph.org
Wed, 20 Aug 2003 08:16:21 -0400



On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 09:58:51AM +0200, Henning Meier-Geinitz wrote:
> I'd use ~/.sane/some_unique_name, or, if you need more than one file,
> ~/.sane/backend_name/some_name. Better don't use /tmp, at least if you
> can't make sure that someone else can do nasty things with your files
> (e.g. symlink attack). Further more in /tmp, the file might be deleted
> on the next boot.

I would hope that you're calibrating more often than every boot.  My
machines only boot a few times a year...

Monty