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- From: wonge@fraser.sfu.ca (Edmund Wong)
- Subject: Re: how to set temp variable?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan7.034504.27098@sfu.ca>
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- Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
- References: <C0FK80.B3z@rahul.net>
- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 03:45:04 GMT
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- In article <C0FK80.B3z@rahul.net> bryanw@rahul.net (Bryan Woodworth) writes:
- >I am sorry if this is a faq, but I can't find out the problem..
- >
- >I compiled cjpeg and djpeg, and they run fine, but they complain about
- >running out of temp space. I've watched the /tmp subdirs while the programs
- >run and can't see them writing temp files.. . -- help? The exact statement
- >is, "Out of temp space -- no more drive space?" Not exactly, but close.
- >
- >I am almost out of room on my root partition, so I setup another partition
- >and tried linking the temp dir there with the temp on the normal
- >partition.. I'm linking /tmp. Perhaps I'm doing it wrong? Could someone
- >tell me in email please..
- >
- Well, if I'm correct, linking /tmp to the new partition isn't gonna do
- you alot of good. What you need to do is do a 'mount /dev/hd?? /tmp',
- I think. Right after you've done a 'mkfs -c /dev/hd?? <blocks>'.
-
- Guys, am I correct on this matter? Or did I screw up big time with
- that answer?
-
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