Newsgroups: comp.parallel.pvm
From: Kevin Parker <kevin.l.parker@mcdermott.com>
Subject: Re: How do I stop pvm from writting to /var/tmp
Organization: Mcdermott Technology, Inc
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 10:00:12 -0400
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I wish it was that easy. PVM writes a file /tmp/pvmd.xxx that contains the
location of the socket address file (/var/tmp/aaaa006ka).  How do I change
the location of the socket address file ?

R. Manus wrote:

> try to change all access to /var/tmp by /tmp in the source code
> and recompile it.
>
> > I am running pvm on sun/hp unix workstations. pvm writes a file to the
> > /var/tmp directory. Sometimes this directory is full and will not allow
> > pvmd to start. Any ideas how to redirect this file to /tmp instead of
> > /var/tmp.