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Date:      Tue, 22 May 2001 14:34:32 -0700
From:      Kent Stewart <kstewart@urx.com>
To:        Francois Kritzinger <ffkrz@iafrica.com>
Cc:        Mike Oligny <moligny@kanotech.com>, freeBSD Mailing List <questions@freeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: /tmp FULL ???
Message-ID:  <3B0ADB68.B263E37D@urx.com>
References:  <76928F3E231DE4478876350F08358336044A97@kt-exchange.edmonton.kanotech.net> <3B0AD916.80CEF102@iafrica.com>

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Francois Kritzinger wrote:
> 
> 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?
> 

You had a choice when you installed the system. I have a /tmp as its own
file system. Now you can create a new /tmp file system or link it to /usr.
The choice is up to you.

Kent

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Richland, WA

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