Dotan Cohen wrote: > I have a 2 GB bz2 archive that unzips to over 10 GB (wikipedia dump). > Although I have over 50 GB free in /home, / has only about 8 GB free. > Thus, as tar uses /tmp, the / filesystem fills up and I cannot > continue. How can I specify a tmp directory for tar in my home > directory? Note that man tar makes no mention of a tmp option. > > Thanks in advance. > > Dotan Cohen > Dumb question - does it help to create a /tmp directory in your home directory and run "export TMP=$home/tmp"? (I don't remember if bzip2 and tar honor TMP.) Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
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