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Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 09:14:50 -0500 (EST)
From: System Janitor <hubcap_at_hubcap.clemson.edu>
To: grca_at_grandriver.on.ca
Subject: redirect /tmp
Just mount the other partition on /tmp.
mount /dev/blah /tmp
-Mike
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 15:13:09 +0100
From: Fabio Bossi - STI/JRC Euratom Ispra <fabio.bossi_at_jrc.it>
To: grca_at_grandriver.on.ca
Subject: Re: How to redirect /tmp -options?
Hi, simply create a tmp directory on the unused device then:
1) in single user mode - rm -r /tmp directory;
2) create a symb link, i.e. cd /; ln -s /<newpartition>/tmp tmp
Regards, fb
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 09:14:55 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Anil Khullar, Computer Center" <Anil.Khullar_at_mailhub.gc.cuny.edu>
To: Grand River Conservation Authority <grca_at_grandriver.on.ca>
Subject: Re: How to redirect /tmp -options?
Hi,
You have not mentioned which file system, so I'll assume it is
ufs based. If so then you can mount the spare file system on /tmp
and edit the /etc/fstab to include the entry too, so that whenever the
machine reboots it mounts the spare partition on /tmp
Hope this helps
anil
> I'm using osf/1 ver 3.2b. My root has 94% capacity (of 64 MB). An
> application we are using populates the /tmp with files when printing -
> causing it to fill up. The application can not be changed. I've got an
> unused partition on a different device which is available to me.
> How should I proceed to redirect? Is there anything which might affect
> other operations?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> chris
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 15:24:52 +0100
From: Jean-Pol Guillement <guilleme_at_math.univ-nantes.fr>
To: grca_at_grandriver.on.ca
Subject: Re: How to redirect /tmp -options?
remove your actual /tmp and mount it in /etc/fstab on your unused
partition device.
Put the permissions 1777 on the new mounting point /tmp.
Regards, Jean-Pol Guillement
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 14:33:10 GMT
From: Arrigo Triulzi <arrigo_at_lpac.ac.uk>
To: Grand River Conservation Authority <grca_at_grandriver.on.ca>
Subject: Re: How to redirect /tmp -options?
Grand River Conservation Authority scripsit:
|I'm using osf/1 ver 3.2b. My root has 94% capacity (of 64 MB). An
|application we are using populates the /tmp with files when printing -
|causing it to fill up. The application can not be changed. I've got an
|unused partition on a different device which is available to me.
|How should I proceed to redirect? Is there anything which might affect
|other operations?
You could mount that partition as /tmp, just mount it on /mnt first,
then change its permissions:
cd /mnt
chmod a+rwx .
chmod +t .
unmount it, and mount it on /tmp in the /etc/fstab file
/dev/rz?? /tmp ufs rw 1 2
Then reboot the machine so that all the files will be correctly placed
in the new partition.
Alternatively set TMPDIR to point to your free space, this works with
most consciencious programs like GNU utilities but might fail for
those which insist upon /tmp.
Ciao, Arrigo
Arrigo Triulzi <arrigo_at_lpac.ac.uk> - +44-171-775-3247
London Parallel Applications Centre - London E1 4NS - UK
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 15:36:10 +0100
From: Simon Tardell <tardell_at_particle.kth.se>
To: Grand River Conservation Authority <grca_at_grandriver.on.ca>
Subject: Re: How to redirect /tmp -options?
Your message dated: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 08:56:49 EST
>I'm using osf/1 ver 3.2b. My root has 94% capacity (of 64 MB). An
>application we are using populates the /tmp with files when printing -
>causing it to fill up. The application can not be changed. I've got an
>unused partition on a different device which is available to me.
>How should I proceed to redirect? Is there anything which might affect
>other operations?
Add a line like
var_domain#tmp /tmp advfs rw 0 0
var_domain#tmp /tmp advfs rw 0 0
or
/dev/rz1g /tmp ufs rw 0 0
(depending on your creed)
in your /etc/fstab. Next time you reboot you will have a much larger /tmp.
DON'T make a symbolic link of /tmp -- it will make you trouble when in
single-user mode.
>Thanks in advance,
>chris
Simon Tardell, voice +46 8 162688 fax +46 8 347817
Fysikum, Stockholms universitet simon_at_physto.se, tardell_at_particle.kth.se
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 15:47:03 +0100
From: Olle Eriksson <olle_at_cb.uu.se>
To: grca_at_grandriver.on.ca
Subject: Re: How to redirect /tmp -options?
Mount the unused partition with /tmp as mount point. There may some
installation script that require /tmp to be a real directory but
if that occurs it is just to temporary unmount the partition. For
normal use it is OK to use another file system as /tmp
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 96 09:50:12 -0500
From: mclaughl_at_nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov
To: grca_at_grandriver.on.ca
Subject: root partition
Chris,
Make a symbolic link from /tmp to the unused filesystem. For
example:
# cd /
# mv tmp tmp.sav /* save tmp contents */
# ln -s /unused/filesystem /tmp /* symlink tmp */
# cd tmp.sav; tar cf - . | (cd /tmp; tar xvpf - ) /* copy
old.tmp
to tmp */
One setback to this. In single user mode, the link must be removed or the
new_temp filesystem must be mounted in order to perform various single user
mode functions.
Hope this helps,
Steve McLaughlin
mclaughl_at_nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov
> I'm using osf/1 ver 3.2b. My root has 94% capacity (of 64 MB). An
> application we are using populates the /tmp with files when printing -
> causing it to fill up. The application can not be changed. I've got an
> unused partition on a different device which is available to me.
> How should I proceed to redirect? Is there anything which might affect
> other operations?
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 96 15:53:50 +0100
From: Joakim.Hartikainen_at_ey.se
To: Grand River Conservation Authority <grca_at_grandriver.on.ca>
Subject: Re: How to redirect /tmp -options?
In your messages dated: Tue, 30 Jan 96 08:56:49 EST you write:
>
>I'm using osf/1 ver 3.2b. My root has 94% capacity (of 64 MB). An
>application we are using populates the /tmp with files when printing -
>causing it to fill up. The application can not be changed. I've got an
>unused partition on a different device which is available to me.
>How should I proceed to redirect? Is there anything which might affect
>other operations?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>chris
Hi, Hi,
mount the unused partition on /tmp.
Regards,
/Joakim
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9315 |
| Ernst & Young, Sweden
| |
| E-mail: Joakim.Hartikainen_at_ey.se
| |
+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------+
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 09:08:35 -0600 (CST)
From: "Mr. Dustin Fu" <xxfdh_at_omega.uta.edu>
To: Grand River Conservation Authority <grca_at_grandriver.on.ca>
Subject: Re: How to redirect /tmp -options?
On Tue, 30 Jan 1996, Grand River Conservation Authority wrote:
>
> I'm using osf/1 ver 3.2b. My root has 94% capacity (of 64 MB). An
> application we are using populates the /tmp with files when printing -
> causing it to fill up. The application can not be changed. I've got an
> unused partition on a different device which is available to me.
> How should I proceed to redirect? Is there anything which might affect
> other operations?
Mount the unused partition, say 'mount -t ufs /dev/rz?? /tmp2'. Then
create a symbolic link to make /tmp points to /tmp2 (ln -s /tmp2 /tmp or
something like that, use 'man ln' to confirm the syntax. In doing that,
I think you need to delete the /tmp subdirectory first. Judge for
yourself.
Dustin Fu
Software Systems Specialist
Academic Computing Services
University of Texas at Arlington
xxfdh_at_omega.uta.edu
817-272-2208
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 16:37:38 +0100 (MET)
From: Alonso Nunez <alonso_at_msiw44.msi.se>
To: Grand River Conservation Authority <grca_at_grandriver.on.ca>
Subject: Re: How to redirect /tmp -options?
Hello,
Well, this problem can be solved if you delete the /tmp directory
and make a soft link at the root directory:
ln -s /var/tmp /tmp (here you have more disk space!)
or
ln -s /whatever...free /tmp
Now you have more space on /tmp. Note that, the change is not
relevant for the system.
RegardsRegards
/Alonso
On Tue, 30 Jan 1996, Grand River Conservation Authority wrote:
>
> I'm using osf/1 ver 3.2b. My root has 94% capacity (of 64 MB). An
> application we are using populates the /tmp with files when printing -
> causing it to fill up. The application can not be changed. I've got an
> unused partition on a different device which is available to me.
> How should I proceed to redirect? Is there anything which might affect
> other operations?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> chris
>Date: Tue, 30 Jan 96 10:22:29 -0500
From: "Dr. Tom Blinn, 603-881-0646" <tpb_at_zk3.dec.com>
To: Grand River Conservation Authority <grca_at_grandriver.on.ca>
Subject: Re: How to redirect /tmp -options?
> I'm using osf/1 ver 3.2b. My root has 94% capacity (of 64 MB). An
> application we are using populates the /tmp with files when printing -
> causing it to fill up. The application can not be changed. I've got an
> unused partition on a different device which is available to me.
> How should I proceed to redirect? Is there anything which might affect
> other operations?
The easiest thing to do, by far, is set up the available partition to be
mounted on /tmp early in the boot process (when your other local file
systems are being mounted) by entering it in /etc/fstab. Then reboot.
You will now have /tmp on a separate partition.
If you could change the application, you might have it put its files inIf
you could change the application, you might have it put its files in
/var/tmp or some other place with more space, but it sounds like that is not
an option.
Just making /tmp be a symbolic link to some other directory won't work in
the most general case because you may need /tmp while running in single user
mode with no other file systems mounted (for some uses). In general, as
long as you mount it from /etc/fstab along with other local file systems you
will be fine. (I run with /tmp as an MFS will lots of available swap,
but I
just like to do it this way -- I've also run with /tmp on its own
partition).
Tom
Dr. Thomas P. Blinn, UNIX Software Group, Digital Equipment Corporation
110 Spit Brook Road, MS ZKO3-2/U20 Nashua, New Hampshire 03062-2698
Technology Partnership Engineering Phone: (603) 881-0646
Internet: tpb_at_zk3.dec.com Digital's Easynet: alpha::tpb
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 96 09:44:32 -0700
From: alan_at_nabeth.cxo.dec.com
To: Grand River Conservation Authority <grca_at_grandriver.on.ca>
Subject: Re: How to redirect /tmp -options?
/tmp is likely to be in use when the system is running
multi-user. You want to move /tmp when it isn't active,
so shutdown to single user first. Then, just create the
file system and update /etc/fstab to reflect the new
location of /tmp. Be sure to set the permissions of the
new /tmp (after it is mounted) to 1777. This ensures
read/write access to the world, but won't let users remove
any files but their own.
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 10:41:36 -0600 (CST)
From: Menelaos Karamichalis <mnk_at_wuerl.wustl.edu>
To: Grand River Conservation Authority <grca_at_grandriver.on.ca>
Subject: Re: How to redirect /tmp -options?
Some software lets you define the TEMPDIR environment variable which will
use the directory you define for /tmp space. Or, you can create a link
to the free partition you have so that /tmp actually resides there as
compared to /tmp or /usr/tmp.
Menelaos Nicholaos Karamichalis, M.S. mnk_at_wuerl.wustl.edu
Electronic Radiology Lab, Mallinckrodt Institute Of Radiology, St Louis, MO
http://wuerlim.wustl.edu/users/mnk/mnk.html
**Vote Skywalker/Solo for '96**Date: Tue, 30 Jan
1996 17:07:17 +0000
From: Dave Roberts <djr_at_saa-cons.co.uk>
To: Grand River Conservation Authority <grca_at_grandriver.on.ca>
Subject: Re: How to redirect /tmp -options?
On Tue, 30 Jan 1996, Grand River Conservation Authority wrote:
> I'm using osf/1 ver 3.2b. My root has 94% capacity (of 64 MB). An
> application we are using populates the /tmp with files when printing -
I had this kind of problem with my users compiling. I removed the /tmp
directory and then linked it (soft) to a newly created directory
/usr/tmptmp. As /usr is a *large* partition.
It's much easier than re-partitioning your disc.
Dave Roberts | "Surfing the Internet" is a sad term for sad people.
Unix Systems Admin | Get a board, find a beach, surf some REAL waves and
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 96 12:47:04 -0500
From: "Paul E. Rockwell" <rockwell_at_rch.dec.com>
To: Grand River Conservation Authority <grca_at_grandriver.on.ca>
Subject: Re: How to redirect /tmp -options?
On Tue, 30 Jan 1996 08:56:49 -0500 (EST) grca_at_grandriver.on.ca wrote:
>
> I'm using osf/1 ver 3.2b. My root has 94% capacity (of 64 MB). An
> application we are using populates the /tmp with files when printing -
> causing it to fill up. The application can not be changed. I've got an
> unused partition on a different device which is available to me.
> How should I proceed to redirect? Is there anything which might affect
> other operations?
Build a file system on that unused partition and make an /etc/fstab entry
to mount it on /tmp. Reboot, and make sure that permissions on /tmp
are rwxrwxrwt.
are rwxrwxrwt.
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Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 09:49:00 -0800 (PST)
From: Mandell Degerness of BCSC 389-3539 <MDEGERNESS_at_galaxy.gov.bc.ca>
To: grca_at_grandriver.on.ca
Subject: How to redirect /tmp -options?
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Chris,
We simply mount the partition on the /tmp mount point.
Be sure you change the fstab and then reboot for this to work (You
don't want to interupt processes currently using /tmp).
Be sure you change the fstab and then reboot for this to work (You
don't want to interupt processes currently using /tmp).
This solution allows /tmp to exist when in single user mode
(necessary for some operations).
Regards,
Mandell Degerness
(MDEGERNESS_at_Galaxy.gov.bc.ca)
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 20:22:41 +0300 (EET)
From: Murat Balci <balci_at_bornova.ege.edu.tr>
To: Grand River Conservation Authority <grca_at_grandriver.on.ca>
Subject: Re: How to redirect /tmp -options?
On Tue, 30 Jan 1996, Grand River Conservation Authority wrote:
>
> I'm using osf/1 ver 3.2b. My root has 94% capacity (of 64 MB). An
> application we are using populates the /tmp with files when printing -
> causing it to fill up. The application can not be changed. I've got an
> unused partition on a different device which is available to me.
> How should I proceed to redirect? Is there anything which might affect
> other operations?
>
Create a tmp directory in an another filesystem, and softly link the
/tmp to that directory like :
/tmp to that directory like :
mkdir /usr/tmp
chmod 1777 /usr/tmp
rm -rf /tmp
ln -s /tmp /usr/tmp
Sincerely.
murat.
> Thanks in advance,
>
> chris
>
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s-mail : Ege Universitesi B.A.U.M - Bornova, IZMIR, TURKIYE.
e-mail : balci_at_bornova.ege.edu.tr Phone :+(90)(232)3881080-253
Date: 30 Jan 96 10:21:13 -0800
From: "MDEMARCO.US.ORACLE.COM" <MDEMARCO_at_us.oracle.com>
To: grca_at_grandriver.on.ca
Cc: MDEMARCO_at_us.oracle.com
Subject: Re: How to redirect /tmp -options?
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Hi,
You could do one of two things. Make /tmp a separate file system
and mount it or use the environment variable TMPDIR to redirect
to a directory in a file system that has the appropriate space.
hope this helps.
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 13:36:04 -0600
From: "Donald L. Ritchey" <dritchey_at_chipsi.com>
Reply to: Don.Ritchey_at_chipsi.com
To: grca_at_grandriver.on.ca
Subject: Re: How to redirect /tmp -options?
> Sender: alpha-osf-managers-relay_at_sws1.ctd.ornl.gov
> Followup-To: poster
> Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 08:56:49 -0500 (EST)
> From: Grand River Conservation Authority <grca_at_grandriver.on.ca>
> Reply-To: Grand River Conservation Authority <grca_at_grandriver.on.ca>
>
>
> I'm using osf/1 ver 3.2b. My root has 94% capacity (of 64 MB). An
> application we are using populates the /tmp with files when printing -
> causing it to fill up. The application can not be changed. I've got an
> unused partition on a different device which is available to me.
> How should I proceed to redirect? Is there anything which might affect
> other operations?
other operations?
If your application is a reasonably sane one (a very large if), then
setting the environment variable TMPDIR to the new, larger temp
directory should redirect those files into that new directory. If
not, then see if it is possible to set some sort of variable for the
application that will redirect the tmep files to the new directory.
Finally, if all else fails, set up a partition on an empty partition
and mount that partition on /tmp. This will work if the partition is
on local disk (not NFS). If the mount fails, you have to make sure
that the existing /tmp directory retains its original modes
(ugo=rwx,t) to permit secure use of the directory.
Questions?
Don
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 14:45:29 -0500 (EST)
From: "Mike Richichi, Systems Manager, Drew U Academic Technology"
<MRICHICH_at_DRUNIVAC.DREW.EDU>
To: Grand River Conservation Authority <grca_at_grandriver.on.ca>
Subject: Re: How to redirect /tmp -options?
>I'm using osf/1 ver 3.2b. My root has 94% capacity (of 64 MB). An
>application we are using populates the /tmp with files when printing -
>causing it to fill up. The application can not be changed. I've got an
>unused partition on a different device which is available to me.
>How should I proceed to redirect? Is there anything which might affect
>other operations?
If it's an unused partition, why not newfs it and mount it as /tmp?
Seems the easiest solution to me. We had /tmp on its own filesystem
before without any problems.
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 21:26:24 +0100
From: Steffen Kluge <kluge_at_ave.ac.agit.de>
To: grca_at_grandriver.on.ca
Subject: Re: How to redirect /tmp -options?
Hi Chris,
I used to have the same problem a while ago. Just create a file
system on your unused partition (using newfs) and mount it over
/tmp when going multi-user (by making an entry in /etc/fstab).
Good luck
Steffen
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e-mail: stk_at_ave.ac.agit.de
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Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 18:25:04 -0500
From: "John P. Speno" <speno_at_swarthmore.edu>
To: grca_at_grandriver.on.ca
Newsgroups: _swat.list.alpha-osf-managers
Subject: Re: How to redirect /tmp -options?
>I'm using osf/1 ver 3.2b. My root has 94% capacity (of 64 MB). An
>application we are using populates the /tmp with files when printing -
>causing it to fill up. The application can not be changed. I've got an
>unused partition on a different device which is available to me.
>How should I proceed to redirect? Is there anything which might affect
>other operations?
mv /tmp /tmp.old && ln -s /other/device /tmp
--
John P. Speno, speno_at_swarthmore.edu, Swarthmore College Co
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 08:16:55 +0000
From: Hannu P{{kk| <Hannu.Paakko_at_ktt.fi>
To: grca_at_grandriver.on.ca
Subject: Re: How to redirect /tmp -options?
One easy way to change the location of temporary files is to set the
environment variable TMPDIR. (If the application obeys it...)
TMPDIR=/newplace
export TMPDIR
Hannu P{{kk|
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 08:58:12 -0500 (EST)
From: Rick Beebe <BEEBE_at_BIOMED.MED.YALE.EDU>
To: Grand River Conservation Authority <grca_at_grandriver.on.ca>
Cc: BEEBE_at_BIOMED.MED.YALE.EDU
Subject: Re: How to redirect /tmp -options?
>I'm using osf/1 ver 3.2b. My root has 94% capacity (of 64 MB). An
>application we are using populates the /tmp with files when printing -
>causing it to fill up. The application can not be changed. I've got an
>unused partition on a different device which is available to me.
>How should I proceed to redirect? Is there anything which might affect
>other operations?
/tmp can be a link to another directory. Try:
cd /
mkdir /usr/tmp <--- if your usr volume has the space
rm -rf /tmp
ln -s /usr/tmp /tmp
rm -rf /tmp
ln -s /usr/tmp /tmp
Obviously you need to be root to do this and you should probably also shut
down to single user mode--just so you dont' screw up any applications that
happen to be using /tmp.
_____________________________________________________________________
Rick Beebe (203) 785-4566
Data Network Operations FAX: (203) 737-4037
Biomedical Computing Unit Richard.Beebe_at_yale.edu
Yale University School of Medicine
333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06510
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