Re: Moving /tmp to a separate partition. Advice?

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 05/23/2010 07:22 AM, Chris Bannister wrote:
> On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 11:10:19AM +0200, Klistvud wrote:
> > Dne, 23. 05. 2010 10:45:36 je Ron Johnson napisal(a):
> > > Why?
> >
> > I frequently burn double-layer DVDs, requiring around 8GB of free
> > space for temporary files. Until now, I had to do that on another
> > rig. Also, I'm planning to do some video editing, which, I'm told,
> > likewise requires huge amounts of temporary space. On my /
> > partition, I have nowhere *near* that amount of free space.
>
> Maybe there is an option in the config file of the application which you
> use to burn DVDs that allows you to set the tmp dir?

Exactly.  Either via $TMP, $TMPDIR, a command-line option or 
app-specific variable.

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