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From: jwag@moose.asd.sgi.com (Chris Wagner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Re: 3.3 fortran problem
Message-ID: <1990Sep25.164047.13814@odin.corp.sgi.com>
Date: 25 Sep 90 16:40:47 GMT
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In article <9009251048.AA17257@aero4.larc.nasa.gov>,
blbates@AERO4.LARC.NASA.GOV ("Brent L. Bates AAD/TAB MS361 x42854") writes:
> 
>      But setting TMPDIR to /usr/tmp only gets part of the problem.  If
> you try to edit a file that is too big you will fill root.  There are
> two real solutions: 1) use a symbolic link between /tmp and /usr/tmp
> (this seams to be the best solution); 2) repartion the disk to make
> root bigger.
>      Actually, doing both is a good idea with 3.3.  We installed 3.3.1
> last week (actually our SGI systems engineer did) and the installation
> stopped part way through because there wasn't enough disk space in root.

In vi the 'set directory' option lets you point the temp file anywhere

Chris Wagner