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Subject: Re: Changing TMPDIR for restore?
From: Charles Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>
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Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2015 18:41:02 -0700
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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