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I am a new convert to linux and although I love it and am never going back, I am having some difficulties.
My file system partiton keeps filling up when I run handbrake. How can I change the location Handbrake uses for temp files to /home/$USER/temp instead of just /tmp?
Solved Edit:
This was the solution:
Woodstock wrote:If you are using the bash shell, in your home directory, there will be a file .bash_profile. (in my case it was .profile) Edit it to add this line:
If you are using Ubuntu, the recommended file to add this variable would be ~/.pam_environment - but keep in mind that these are key=value pairs, so you need the full path, like: TMPDIR=/home/<yourUsername>/tmp
If you want this temp path only used by Handbrake, you also could launch the Handbrake GUI using a short script: