On Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:55:36 -0700, Bob Proulx <b...@proulx.com> wrote:
> John Hasler wrote: >> Seb writes: > I just discovered to my horror /tmp is handled by a >> tmpfs system that > allocates by default a percentage of RAM that >> happens to be too small > for my use of /tmp. What is the Debianish >> way to avoid using this > system for /tmp so that it uses whatever is >> available on /? >> Set TEMPDIR appropriately for the processes in question. > TEMPDIR? Did you mean TMPDIR? > As in: > mkdir -p $HOME/tmp export TMPDIR=$HOME/tmp > ?? That is a useful configuration. Although not every program is > coded to honor TMPDIR, most do. Yes, setting TMPDIR for programs requiring "large" storage seems the saner way to go. Thanks, -- Seb -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/8762ezjzqp....@kolob.subpolar.dyndns.org
