DB TMPDIR

Purpose

Used to specify a directory to be used for temporary file creation

See Also

SET TMPDIR, SET TMPNAMPATH, SYS(), TMPNAM()

Description

The DB_TMPDIR environment variable is used to define a directory for temporary file creation. If SET TMPNAMPATH is ON (default), SYS(3) and TMPNAM() temporary files will include the full path name of this directory in the values returned.

Please note that the DB_TMPDIR value should include a trailing directory separator. Also, please note that the DB_TMPDIR environment variable is only read at the start of the Recital session, to change the temporary file directory during a session, the SET TMPDIR command should be used.

Example

? getenv([DB_TMPDIR])
/usr/tmp/
? sys(3)
/usr/tmp/000cf30006

Products

Recital, Recital Server