> > > In my script to invoke Pan, I have > > > > > > export TMP=/scratch/tmp > > > > > > so apparently I used to have the same problem in some forgotten past :-) > > > > Thanks. So, there's no way to do it for Pan only and not everyone's tmp? > > :( > > Yes, it is effective only for Pan, since I put it in the script that I > use to start it. (I often make little scripts to collect my favourite > options to common commands). Rememer that the environment variables are > inherited only by child processes, they don't propagate up or sideways > or anything. So once this script terminates, the value is gone. The same > is true for the ulimit values I set below. > > The full script goes like this: > > #!/bin/sh > ulimit -Sd $(ulimit -Hd) # datasize > ulimit -Sn 1772 # nofiles > ulimit -Sc 0 # coredumpsize > export TMP=/scratch/tmp > exec /usr/pkg/bin/pan "$@" > > I use "exec" at the end because the invocation of pan is the last thing > in the script, so we don't need the shell any more and we can re-use its > process to run pan.
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