DB TMPDIR

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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.


Example

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


Products

Recital, Recital Server