Different /tmp dir

sequenceserver
#1

Is it possible to use a folder other than /tmp for temporary storage or results etc? I cant seem to find this mentioned anywhere in the docs…

#2

Setting the TMPDIR environment variable should do it. Run like below from command line:

TMPDIR=‘/path/to/tmp/dir’ sequenceserver

Or if you are running through Apache, add this as first line of config.ru:

ENV[‘TMPDIR’] = ‘/patch/to/tmp/dir’

Priyam

#3

Great, thanks Priyam.
Note the curly quotes should be replaced with straight quotes…otherwise, too easy.

Cheers
Den

#4

Hi Priyam,
Is there any change to this behaviour with recent updates? I’ve moved to a new machine and sequenceserver still uses /tmp instead of the path specified in config.ru by TMPDIR=‘/path/to/tmp/dir’
Cheers
Den

#5

Hi Den,

No, this behaviour hasn’t changed. Which Ruby version are you using? And SequenceServer is 1.0.9, right?

I guess I should make it possible to set tmpdir through config file. In the meantime, a temporary fix would be to add the following to config.ru after require ‘sequenceserver’ line:

def Dir.tmpdir
‘/path/to/tmpdir’
end

Priyam

#6

Hi Priyam,

Thanks for the instructions - that works as expected now.

ruby --version ruby 2.3.1p112 (2016-04-26) [x86_64-linux-gnu]

Cheers
Den