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| Many programs require writing intermediary or temporary information. A process may even require writing to a temporary location without a user knowing it. For instance, the command <code>sort</code>, part of the <code>bash</code> toolkit, requires a lot of temporary file space when sorting large volumes of data. Often programs take the system default, which is usually <code>/tmp</code> on Linux systems. The <code>/tmp</code> partition is however often too limited in size and can get filled up. When this happens all users that require write access to <code>/tmp</code> will experience problems in running jobs, which can range from unexpected quitting of processes, to erroneous output.
| | #REDIRECT [[Installing Personal Software#Custom temporary directory (TMPDIR)]] |
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| <source lang='bash'>
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| mkdir /lustre/scratch/WUR/ABGC/[user]/tmp
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| </source>
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| <source lang='bash'>
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| export TMPDIR=/lustre/scratch/WUR/ABGC/[user]/tmp
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| </source>
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