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. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > 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 -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA mailto:kbstew99@hotmail.com http://kstewart.urx.com/kstewart/index.html FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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