Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Re: Alternative temp-directory.

[roland]

hello !

> just export a new TEMP environment variable before you run the backup.
> should be fine

testbox1:/ # set |grep /tmp
TEMP=/tmp
TEMPDIR=/tmp
TMP=/tmp
TMPDIR=/tmp
temp=/tmp
tempdir=/tmp
tmp=/tmp
tmpdir=/tmp

when backing up with rdiff-backup, i see the tempfile still not being 
written in /tmp

---snipp----
Starting mirror /rdiff-test/test1 to /rdiff-test/test2
Processing changed file .
Processing changed file test.dat
Regular copying ('test.dat',) to /rdiff-test/test2/rdiff-backup.tmp.1
Writing file object to /rdiff-test/test2/rdiff-backup.tmp.1
---snipp----


i found something in the FAQ:

When backing up, rdiff-backup needs free space in the mirror directory. The 
amount of free space required is usually a bit more than the size of the 
file getting backed up, but can be as much as twice the size of the current 
file. For instance, suppose you ran rdiff-backup foo bar and the largest 
file, foo/largefile, was 1GB. Then rdiff-backup would need 1+GB of free 
space in the bar directory.

When restoring, rdiff-backup needs free space in the default temp directory. 
Under unix systems this is usually the /tmp directory---see the entry for 
tempfile.tempdir in the Python tempfile docs for more information on the 
default temp directory. The amount of free space required can vary, but it 
usually about the size of the largest file being restored.


so - this means i can change the tempdir for recovery only - but not for 
backup !?

regards
roland




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Kempe" <address@hidden>
To: "roland" <address@hidden>
Cc: <address@hidden>; <address@hidden>
Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 4:06 AM
Subject: Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Re: Alternative temp-directory.


> roland wrote:
> > Is there a solution for this in the meantime ?
>
> just export a new TEMP environment variable before you run the backup.
> should be fine
>
> dave
>
>
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