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The traditional name of directories (especially on Unix and Unix-like operating systems) used to store temporary files. Also, the filename extension of temporary files.

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php:: how long to tmp files stay?

I am working on an upload script. If a user uploads a file and it already exists I want to warn the user (this is all through ajax) and give them the option to replace it, or cancel. Instead of moving the file, I was curious if I could just leave…
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Ruby how to write to Tempfile?

I am trying to create a Tempfile and write some text into it. But I get this strange behavior in console t = Tempfile.new("test_temp") # => # t << "Test data" # =>…
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How do I clear my Rails file cache?

I’m running Rails 4.2.7 on Ubuntu 14.04. I have written the following method to help cache some data (preventing hits against my PostGres 9.5 database) … class Country < ActiveRecord::Base has_many :states def self.cached_find_by_iso(iso) …
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Can't write to /tmp with php, despite 777 permissions and no open_basedir value

I'm trying to write a file to my /tmp directory (on an apache server) with the php fopen function, but it fails:
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Changing the tmp folder of mysql

Our Mysql queries use temporary tables which creates temporary files in the process. Currently the files are written to /tmp. How exactly can the path of the temp folder to which mysql writes to be changed?
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What happened to the TMP environment variable?

I always heard that the proper way to find the temporary folder on a UNIX machine was to look at the TMP environment variable. When writing code that worked on Windows as well as Linux, I would check for TEMP and TMP. Today, I discovered that my…
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Php has its own /tmp in /tmp/systemd-private-nABCDE/tmp when accessed through nginx

I found strange behaviour concerning php and /tmp folder. Php uses another folder when it works with /tmp. Php 5.6.7, nginx, php-fpm. I execute the same script in two ways: via browser and via shell. But when it is launched via browser, file is not…
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Write to /tmp directory in aws lambda with python

Goal I'm trying to write a zip file to the /tmp folder in a python aws lambda, so I can extract manipulate before zipping, and placing it in s3 bucket. Problem Os Errno30 Read Only FileSystem This code was tested locally on my computer to make sure…
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How can I save an image to my app's tmp dir?

Why is that if I use NSTemporaryDirectory to save my image, the image is saved into /var/folders/oG/oGrLHcAUEQubd3CBTs-1zU+++TI/-Tmp-/ and not into /Users/MyMac/Library/Application Support/iPhone…
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Heroku - how to write into "tmp" directory?

I need to use the tmp folder on Heroku (Cedar) for writing some temporarily data, I am trying to do that this way: open("#{Rails.root}/tmp/#{result['filename']}", 'wb') do |file| file.write open(image_url).read end But this produce error…
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Store file in directory tmp on heroku Rails

In my Delayed Job, I tried to create a file to tmp folder file_path = Rails.root.join('tmp', "#{file_name}." + file_extension); exported_file = kit.to_pdf # Save file to disk File.open(file_path, 'wb') do |file| file << exported_file end It…
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Unable to create tempDir, java.io.tmpdir is set to C:\Windows\

I'm using Spring Boot with embedded tomcat, everything worked fine and suddenly I got the error : Caused by: org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedServletContainerException: Unable to create tempDir. java.io.tmpdir is set to C:\Windows\ …
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Ruby: Could not find a temporary directory

I am getting some 500 errors in my Passenger Rails app. When looking at the log it appears passenger cannot access the /tmp dir. I have validated that it is there and has RW access to root, and then tried www-data. What is going on here? …
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How to use Node tmp Package to write a file from the buffer

I need to write a file temporarily to the file system in order to run a quick check on it, and I then want it deleted. Based on my Googling, it looks like the tmp package for NodeJS can be used: https://www.npmjs.com/package/tmp But I'm really…
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tmp folder in Windows like /tmp in Linux

I have created a folder in Windows, C:\tmp\ and I want it to behave like /tmp/ folder in Linux, i.e. its contents are removed every time the system is booted. I think the commands to run could be (at least on windows 7): RD C:\tmp /S /Q MKDIR…
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