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authorEelco Dolstra <e.dolstra@tudelft.nl>2005-03-17 10:30:53 +0000
committerEelco Dolstra <e.dolstra@tudelft.nl>2005-03-17 10:30:53 +0000
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* Manual updates.
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@@ -107,6 +107,17 @@ $ mount -o bind /mnt/otherdisk/nix /nix</screen>
</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry><term><envar>TMPDIR</envar></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Use the specified directory to store temporary
+ files. In particular, this includes temporary build directories;
+ these can take up substantial amounts of disk space. The default is
+ <filename>/tmp</filename>.</para></listitem>
+
+</varlistentry>
+
+
</variablelist>
</sect1>