Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 11:26:51 -0400 From: "Michael A. Koerber" <mak@ll.mit.edu> To: Rob <spamrefuse@yahoo.com> Cc: FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Easy way to kill a 5.x/6.x box as a basic user. Message-ID: <4362433B.60707@ll.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <20051028143121.21584.qmail@web36205.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <20051028143121.21584.qmail@web36205.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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Rob wrote: > 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. TNX! And of course, had I read the man page I'd have known that :-(. mike
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