On Sat, 2005-07-02 at 17:31, David Kempe wrote: > Hunter Matthews wrote: > > CONCLUSION: > > There's an os.tmpfile() [or similar] call in rdiff-backup thats doing > > this. Rdiff-backup should be patched either > > a) to use 'tmp' files in the restoration target, with the assumption > > that the user requesting restore knew what he/she/it was doing to have > > enough space there, but perhaps not on /tmp. > > b) add a command line arg to do that. > > While your patches will be gladly accepted, a valid command line option
urk. I'll take a crack at it then... ;) > might be to export an alternate tmp environment variable before the restore. > I specifically thought of that (I still wonder if TMP or TEMPDIR or somesuch would influence the current code) but thats wrong - either rdiff-backup pays attention to where the user said to put the restore, or it doesn't. > dave -- Hunter Matthews Unix / Network Administrator Office: BioScience 145/244 Duke Univ. Biology Department Key: F0F88438 / FFB5 34C0 B350 99A4 BB02 9779 A5DB 8B09 F0F8 8438 Never take candy from strangers. Especially on the internet. _______________________________________________ rdiff-backup-users mailing list at [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/rdiff-backup-users Wiki URL: http://rdiff-backup.solutionsfirst.com.au/index.php/RdiffBackupWiki
