Why do my files in /scratch automatically get removed, sometimes even immediately after I unTARed them?
The /scratch reaper automatically removes files which are more than 10 days old. It determines how old a file is by looking at its “write date.” By default, tar does not modify write dates, so an older file which is unTARed will be reaped at the next opportunity. The -m switch to the tar command can be used to override this behavior.
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