different location than /tmp

[James Knott]

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?

If all else fails, you could always create a link from /tmp to somewhere
else.
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