Have you tried via java opt: -Djava.io.tmpdir=/someotherdir
From: Vérène Houdebine [mailto:verene.houdeb...@orange.fr] Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2016 8:38 AM To: user <user@tika.apache.org> Subject: Temporary Files Location Hi! I'm using Tika on a partitioned server that doesn't have much space in /tmp. Since Tika stores all temporary files in /tmp and because I'm parsing huge files this can become a problem rapidly... Is there a way to change the location where temporary files are being stored? I saw a method called setTemporaryFileDirectory in TemporaryResources but it seems like it is never called anywhere in Tika.... Thank you in advance for your help, Verene