different location than /tmp

[Chris Aitken]

Chris Aitken wrote:

> I am trying to download an ISO for the first time. I am getting the 
> error, 'There is not enough room on the disk to save 
> /tmp/aqxi1g8f.exe. Remove unnecessary files from the disk and try 
> again, or try saving in a different location.' Well, I /am/ tring to 
> save to a different location - to a separate hard drive, 
> '/backupdrive' as it has 5 free GB. But how do I specify a different 
> place for temp file to go than /tmp?

I thought maybe there would be an option in wget to specify where temp 
file goes, bnut I don't see any such thing in wget --help or man wget...

Chris
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