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* [[/private/var/stash|stash]] (created by [[Cydia.app|Cydia]])
 
* [[/private/var/stash|stash]] (created by [[Cydia.app|Cydia]])
 
* [[/private/var/tmp|tmp]] (/dev/disk0s3)
 
* [[/private/var/tmp|tmp]] (/dev/disk0s3)
* [[/private/var/vm|vm]] (unused as [[iOS]] doesn't support swap files or hibernation) <!-- as of iOS 13, there are swapfiles. trying to pinpoint when they were added atm.-->
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* [[/private/var/vm|vm]] (unused in [[iOS]] =<11, [[iOS]] 12+ added swapfile support.)
 
* wireless ([[iOS]] 4.0+)
 
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Latest revision as of 19:21, 31 August 2020

This folder is the mount point for /dev/disk0s2 (/dev/disk0s1s2 on modern iOS versions), which is the device's user/data partition. This deviates from the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard which places this at /var, however, a sym-link is placed at /var that redirects to here, so it is at least somewhat compliant.

It is the larger of the two partitions, and stores all App Store applications, iTunes media, settings, photos, etc.

Before iPhone OS 1.1.3 (1.1.2 and below) all of this data was stored in /private/var/root. However, for security reasons, in 1.1.3 Apple made most applications run under the user mobile, and moved all of the data to /private/var/mobile.

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