← Back to context Comment by IgorPartola 4 days ago What is the difference from /var for databases, websites, etc. and /media for backups? 2 comments IgorPartola Reply theandrewbailey 4 days ago /media has nothing to do with backups (though one could backup stuff there):> This directory contains subdirectories which are used as mount points for removable media such as floppy disks, cdroms and zip disks. https://specifications.freedesktop.org/fhs/latest/media.html/var is used for websites and databases, but defaults for most packages don't use /srv by default. (I have the feeling that /srv is relatively new.) IgorPartola 3 days ago Fair enough but /var/backup I believe is relatively standard.
theandrewbailey 4 days ago /media has nothing to do with backups (though one could backup stuff there):> This directory contains subdirectories which are used as mount points for removable media such as floppy disks, cdroms and zip disks. https://specifications.freedesktop.org/fhs/latest/media.html/var is used for websites and databases, but defaults for most packages don't use /srv by default. (I have the feeling that /srv is relatively new.) IgorPartola 3 days ago Fair enough but /var/backup I believe is relatively standard.
/media has nothing to do with backups (though one could backup stuff there):
> This directory contains subdirectories which are used as mount points for removable media such as floppy disks, cdroms and zip disks. https://specifications.freedesktop.org/fhs/latest/media.html
/var is used for websites and databases, but defaults for most packages don't use /srv by default. (I have the feeling that /srv is relatively new.)
Fair enough but /var/backup I believe is relatively standard.