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Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 23:24:38 +0200
From: Francois Kritzinger <ffkrz@iafrica.com>
Subject: Re: /tmp FULL ???
To: Mike Oligny <moligny@kanotech.com>
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Mike Oligny wrote:

> Try something like this:
>
>         mkdir /usr/tmp
>         chmod 777 /usr/tmp
>         rm -rf /tmp ; ln -s /usr/tmp /tmp
>
> I may be missing something, but this should work.  In a hurry, let me
> know if you need me to explain.
>
> -Mike
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Francois Kritzinger [mailto:ffkrz@iafrica.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 3:06 PM
> To: freeBSD Mailing List
> Subject: /tmp FULL ???
>
> I downloaded StarOffice, and when I ran the .bin installation script, it
> reported that /tmp was full. This makes sense as the / disk slice has
> only 14 Mb free space. So my question is:
>
> Where or how do I change the system's temp directory? I.e. from /tmp to
> something else.
>
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No, I see what you did there, it seems like a good idea. But there must be
a system setting or something to change the temp dir to something else?


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