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title="NEW --- - Make it easy for applications to save state"
href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=82773">82773</a>
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<th>Assignee</th>
<td>systemd-bugs@lists.freedesktop.org
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<th>Summary</th>
<td>Make it easy for applications to save state
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<th>QA Contact</th>
<td>systemd-bugs@lists.freedesktop.org
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<th>Severity</th>
<td>normal
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<th>Classification</th>
<td>Unclassified
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<th>OS</th>
<td>All
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<th>Reporter</th>
<td>bugzilla@hadess.net
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<th>Hardware</th>
<td>Other
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<th>Status</th>
<td>NEW
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<th>Version</th>
<td>unspecified
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<th>Component</th>
<td>general
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<th>Product</th>
<td>systemd
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<pre>As discussed on IRC, it would be useful for systemd to lend a hand to
applications that want to save state in the event that they crash.
1. Application will save state every 5/10 seconds when needed to its run-time
directory
2. If the application crashes, systemd would move the application's state file
to permanent storage under the data-dir.
3. If the application is closed properly, the state file would be removed
systemd could help by providing an equivalent to ExecStopPost that would move
files with an app-specific name.
For example, totem saves a state playlist (including current playback position)
to /run/user/1000/org.gnome.Totem/org.gnome.Totem.state.xspf. If totem crashes,
then that file is moved to
~/.local/share/org.gnome.Totem/org.gnome.Totem.state.xspf so that it can
re-read it when restarted.</pre>
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