Re: Easy way to kill a 5.x/6.x box as a basic user.

From: Michael A. Koerber (mak_at_ll.mit.edu)
Date: 10/28/05

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    Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 11:26:51 -0400
To: Rob <spamrefuse@yahoo.com>

    Rob wrote:
    > Michael A. Koerber wrote:
    >
    >>I have found that ImageMagick writes to (and often
    >>fills up) /var/tmp...my system becomes sluggish,
    >>dies, reboots.
    >>
    >>The solution I have used is to 1) create a /usr/tmp,
    >>2) remove /var/tmp , 3) make a symbolic link
    >>between /usr/tmp and /var/tmp.
    >>
    >>Perhaps ImageMagick could be patched to use a
    >>/usr/tmp directory for scratch.
    >
    >
    > Use:
    >
    > setenv MAGICK_TMPDIR /usr/tmp
    >
    > Rob.

    TNX! And of course, had I read the man page I'd have known that :-(.

    mike
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