diff options
| author | Masayuki Igawa <igawa@mxs.nes.nec.co.jp> | 2010-06-21 14:30:37 +0900 |
|---|---|---|
| committer | Masayuki Igawa <igawa@mxs.nes.nec.co.jp> | 2010-06-22 09:52:31 +0900 |
| commit | 45a60da7f5b15b453372bd1e75c1649362cf35a8 (patch) | |
| tree | 89454c8ddfcb6613520cab22a50dd755179b5119 /makedumpfile.8 | |
| parent | 538528ed7dab0447c93a5c52cff7684519b81361 (diff) | |
[PATCH] add TMPDIR description
makedumpfile use a TMPDIR environment variable since below commit.
-----
commit 4d5bca23164d5943bb0f75bdd5e7866af795bb0c
Author: Cliff Wickman <cpw@sgi.com>
Date: Wed Jun 16 08:51:04 2010 -0500
makedumpfile: output files filling ramdisk
-----
So this patch adding the description about that.
Signed-off-by: Masayuki Igawa <igawa@mxs.nes.nec.co.jp>
Diffstat (limited to 'makedumpfile.8')
| -rw-r--r-- | makedumpfile.8 | 12 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/makedumpfile.8 b/makedumpfile.8 index c4cd023..defece0 100644 --- a/makedumpfile.8 +++ b/makedumpfile.8 @@ -453,6 +453,18 @@ Show help message. \fB\-v\fR Show the version of makedumpfile. +.SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES + +.TP 8 +.B TMPDIR +This environment variable is for a temporary memory bitmap file. +If your machine has a lots of memory and you use tmpfs on /tmp, makedumpfile +can fail for a little memory in the 2nd kernel because makedumpfile makes a +very large temporary memory bitmap file in this case. To avoid this failure, +you can set a TMPDIR environment variable. If you do not set a TMPDIR +environment variable, makedumpfile uses /tmp directory for a temporary +bitmap file as a default. + .SH DIAGNOSTICS makedumpfile exits with the following value. .TP |