Use another directory than /tmp for temporary files ?

rolgiati · 05-14-2020, 05:14 PM

I keep having problems when adding or converting book, with and error message "no space left on device".

My /tmp partition has only 500 mb free.

Is there a way to force Calibre to use another directory than /tmp to store its temporary files, for instance using ~/tmp ?

BetterRed · 05-14-2020, 05:22 PM

See CALIBRE_TEMP_DIR in ==>> Environment variables

BR

rolgiati · 05-14-2020, 06:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BetterRed

See CALIBRE_TEMP_DIR in ==>> Environment variables

Thank you kind sir.

But if I may impose further, the link you gave me tells where to store the environment variables under Windows.

Alas, I am running under Linux, and the manual is strangely silent about the location of macos-env.txt in that OS ;-3(

Would you perchance know where it is supposed to be kept ?

Quoth · 05-14-2020, 07:49 PM

Ah, so you can also make a link so /tmp is somewhere else or on an added disk mounted at /tmp
I too run Linux. If you show "hidden" files there is .config in your home directory and in it is calibre for the user. I've no idea about the environment variable. Perhaps simply creating the enviroment variable in the console in the normal manner with the desired location works.

kovidgoyal · 05-14-2020, 10:01 PM

How you set environment variables in linux depends on the linux distribution, google it for your distribution.

ewok2 · 01-15-2022, 08:17 AM

Hello
I have the same problem. (And I also am under Ubuntu)
my /tmp is not only used by calibre and I don't want to creat symlink...

I set the env variable CALIBRE_TEMP_DIR in "/etc/environment"
and after reboot the echo $CALIBRE_TEMP_DIR give the good answer whatever the user (root, calibre, or another user) is.

but after a stop and start calibre the calibre files are stil in the /tmp directory...

Any idea to make it work

kovidgoyal · 01-15-2022, 09:59 AM

/etc/environment is used by shells. Unless you arerunning the server via shell it wont see that.

ewok2 · 01-15-2022, 10:36 AM

I have seen "environment variables can be accessed system-wide, by any user or process"
So I thought it would works...

So I have set in the service calibre-server the following line :

Quote:

Environment=CALIBRE_TEMP_DIR="/anotherpath/tmp"

and it seem's to work

Thanks

05-14-2020, 05:14 PM	#1
rolgiati Groupie Posts: 164 Karma: 31650 Join Date: May 2011 Location: Asuncion (Paraguay) Device: Several Kindle 3 KB's	Use another directory than /tmp for temporary files ? I keep having problems when adding or converting book, with and error message "no space left on device". My /tmp partition has only 500 mb free. Is there a way to force Calibre to use another directory than /tmp to store its temporary files, for instance using ~/tmp ?

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BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 20,544 Karma: 26954694 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	See CALIBRE_TEMP_DIR in ==>> Environment variables BR

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Quoth the rook, bossing Never. Posts: 11,072 Karma: 85874891 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Ireland Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper11	Ah, so you can also make a link so /tmp is somewhere else or on an added disk mounted at /tmp I too run Linux. If you show "hidden" files there is .config in your home directory and in it is calibre for the user. I've no idea about the environment variable. Perhaps simply creating the enviroment variable in the console in the normal manner with the desired location works.

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kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,839 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	/etc/environment is used by shells. Unless you arerunning the server via shell it wont see that.

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