Filesystem Hierarchy Standard

5.11 /var/spool : Application spool data

"/var/spool"
lpd
mqueue
news
rwho
uucp

"Spool directories"
Printer spool directory
Outgoing mail queue
News spool directory
Rwhod files
Spool directory for UUCP

Tree 5.11.1

/var/spool contains data which is awaiting some kind of later processing. Data in /var/spool represents work to be done in the future (by a program, user, or administrator); often data is deleted after it has been processed.

UUCP lock files must be placed in /var/lock. See the above section on /var/lock.

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Translated by troff2html v1.4 on 13 January 2001 by Daniel Quinlan