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Subject: Re: Easy way to kill a 5.x/6.x box as a basic user.
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Michael A. Koerber wrote:
> I have found that ImageMagick writes to (and often
> fills up) /var/tmp...my system becomes sluggish,
> dies, reboots.
> 
> The solution I have used is to 1) create a /usr/tmp,
> 2) remove /var/tmp , 3) make a symbolic link
> between /usr/tmp and /var/tmp.
> 
> Perhaps ImageMagick could be patched to use a
> /usr/tmp directory for scratch.

Use:

setenv MAGICK_TMPDIR /usr/tmp

Rob.



	
		
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