Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2015 18:41:02 -0700 From: Charles Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: Chris Maness <chris@chrismaness.com> Cc: FreeBSD - <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Changing TMPDIR for restore? Message-ID: <AAE4DC5A-8B20-4118-9D19-27D0DAFC4C8D@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <CANnsUMFauyZhiw8tF1TYp75QrGimCV2otjE_iERXtvY35orxqg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CANnsUMFauyZhiw8tF1TYp75QrGimCV2otjE_iERXtvY35orxqg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Jun 29, 2015, at 4:46 PM, Chris Maness <chris@chrismaness.com> wrote: > I have tried changing the TMPDIR env variable for restore as I am > using a livecd to restore my server from a dump. However, restore > doesn't seem to be recognizing the new tmp directory I created for it. > I did #set TMPDIR='/mnt/tmp' and #echo $TMPDIR shows the correct > directory. I am stuck, and not finding any hints on the net. > > Any suggestions? Try "export TMPDIR" next. Or do it in one step via "export TMPDIR=/mnt/tmp". Only exported variables get inherited by subprocesses.... Regards, -- -Chuck
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