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From: sac@conrad.UUCP (Steven A. Conrad)
Newsgroups: unix-pc.general
Subject: Re: nroff: cannot create temp file.
Message-ID: <146@conrad.UUCP>
Date: 8 Jan 89 21:06:31 GMT
References: <605@whizz.uucp>
Reply-To: sac@conrad.UUCP (Steven A. Conrad)
Distribution: unix-pc
Organization: Louisiana State University Medical Center, Shreveport
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In article <605@whizz.uucp> bbh@whizz.uucp (Bud Hovell) writes:
>Just what/where is the "temp" file it is trying to create, and why would it
>just suddenly go t.u.? I'm stumped. And have more docs to work on :-). 

Nroff creates a temporary file in /usr/tmp.  If this directory is unwritable
or there is no space available, you will get such a message (as given in
the subject line).

	Steven Conrad
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Steven A. Conrad,  Department of Medicine (Critical Care)
Louisiana State University Medical Center, Shreveport, LA
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