Date: Tue, 08 May 2001 16:04:48 -0400 From: dochawk@psu.edu To: Adam Blake <blake@sba.miami.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, tyler@wapvi.bc.ca Subject: Re: pkg_add and -t option Message-ID: <200105082004.f48K4mB00520@fac13.ds.psu.edu> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 08 May 2001 15:44:58 EDT." <Pine.OSF.4.10.10105081536410.1860-100000@homer.bus.miami.edu>
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adam admitted > I've been having lots of problems with the pkg_add command. I am running out of space > on /var/tmp where pkg_add likes to use as a "staging" area while it downloads. The man > page says that if you use the -t option you can specify that it download to another > location such as /usr/tmp/instmp.XXXXXX and it will download all it needs there. I keep > doing this and pkg_add continues to download to /var/tmp and overflow the directory!!! > Can anybody out there help please? I can't tell you about -t, but you could mv /var/tmp /var/tmp.save ln -s /usr/tmp /var/tmp <install> rm /var/tmp mv /var/tmp.save /var/tmp hawk -- Prof. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. /"\ ASCII ribbon campaign dochawk@psu.edu Smeal 178 (814) 375-4700 \ / against HTML mail These opinions will not be those of X and postings Penn State until it pays my retainer. / \ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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