There is a setting in firebird.conf that allows you to define temp areas

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:firebird-support@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Dan Taylor
> Sent: 28 June 2006 12:01
> To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [firebird-support] Gbak and /tmp on Linux
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> I have a problem with gbak on my Fedora Linux machine. Well,
> actually the problem (I think) is that my /tmp partition is
> too small. When trying to restore a very large database with
> gbak I get the following error...
>
> ...
> gbak: creating indexes
> gbak: cannot commit index RDB$PRIMARY1
> gbak: ERROR: I/O error for file "/tmp/fb_sort__5ADji2"
> gbak: ERROR: Error while trying to write to file
> gbak: ERROR: No space left on device
> gbak: ERROR: sort error
> gbak: ERROR: action cancelled by trigger (3) to preserve data
> integrity
> gbak: ERROR: Cannot deactivate primary index
> gbak: Exiting before completion due to errors
>
> Is there any way to tell gbak to use somewhere other than
> /tmp for temporary files? I have loads of space on other partitions.
>
> Dan
>
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> Dan Taylor BSc MIET
>
> Software Development Engineer
> PhD Student, Heriot Watt University, UK
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