On Fri, Nov 30, 2007 at 05:45:35AM -0500, Mark Neidorff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > Is it possible to increase the space available in /tmp without doing the > backup/repartition/reinstall/restore dance? > > I'm trying to backup a dvd using k9copy. It wants to have about 8 gig free > in > the /tmp partition, but when I set the system up, I gave /tmp much less than > that. k9copy wants to write to /tmp/kde-mark/k9copy* so I tried creating a > link from /tmp/kde-mark to a partition with lots of space (while in single > user mode since messing with /tmp when "X" is active can be dicey). I made > sure the permissions were correct, but when I restarted in normal mode, the > system created and used a sub-directory under /tmp like > this: /tmp/kde-mark6C5838b thereby circumventing my efforts. Do I have to > backup, repartition and restore or is there a better way?
If k9copy reads an environment variable (usually TEMP or TMP) to find the temporary directory, you could try setting that to somewhere that has more space (e.g., ~/tmp). Its documentation might say more about which environment variables it respects. If it's a GUI program, you could also check its interactive configuration and see whether there's a setting controlling where the temporary files go. Daniel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
