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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting /tmp filling up Post 302551761 by Corona688 on Wednesday 31st of August 2011 01:51:55 PM
Old 08-31-2011
exporting TMPDIR=/path/to/whatever/ in the script or in a profile the script loads, before running the tmp-intensive processes, may do it.

If that doesn't work, it depends on what your system is, what your script is, and what program's creating these temp files.
 

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suspend(1)							   User Commands							suspend(1)

NAME
suspend - shell built-in function to halt the current shell SYNOPSIS
sh suspend csh suspend ksh suspend DESCRIPTION
sh Stops the execution of the current shell (but not if it is the login shell). csh Stop the shell in its tracks, much as if it had been sent a stop signal with ^Z. This is most often used to stop shells started by su. ksh Stops the execution of the current shell (but not if it is the login shell). ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWcsu | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
csh(1), kill(1), ksh(1), sh(1), su(1M), attributes(5) SunOS 5.10 15 Apr 1994 suspend(1)
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