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Re: new option for findutil's updatedb
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Kevin Dalley |
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Re: new option for findutil's updatedb |
Date: |
05 Nov 2000 18:55:17 -0800 |
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Fortunately, there's a simple solution to this problem.
The environment variable TMPDIR can be used for this purpose. Just
set it before running updatedb. I know this is true for the alpha
findutils (ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu). I think that it has been around
for quite a while.
"Peter Icaza" <address@hidden> writes:
> hi,
>
> for some reason, people like putting 1000's of small yet "critical" files in
> /tmp and not clean them up. for some reason the admin cleans up /tmp only
> every
> 30 days. for some reason i cant conveince people to use other dir's for their
> files.
>
> for these reasons, updatedb fails because sort runs out of space on the /tmp
> file system.
>
> therefore, may i suggest a -T option be used for updatedb to let sort use a
> different dir for its' temp files?
>
> thanks from the trenches of the mainframe-minded healthcare industry,
> peter icaza
>
>
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