move temp files directory?

tigerdog · Post by **tigerdog** » Sun Jan 22, 2012 4:35 pm

I would like to point Wine at my Linux temp directory instead of /home/username/.wine/drive_c/users/username/Temp. Is there a way to have the Wine environment variable specify a different location?

Martin Gregorie · Post by **Martin Gregorie** » Sun Jan 22, 2012 6:46 pm

On Sun, 2012-01-22 at 15:35 -0600, tigerdog wrote:

I would like to point Wine at my Linux temp directory instead
of /home/username/.wine/drive_c/users/username/Temp. Is there a way
to have the Wine environment variable specify a different location?

The default is: WINEPREFIX="$HOME/.wine"
You can change WINEPREFIX to anything you like:

export WINEPREFIX="$HOME/.wine_for_myapp"

works and so should: export WINEPREFIX="/path/to/wherever/I/want"
but an easier way to handle this is to use a wrapper script, e.g.

===============================================================
#!/bin/bash
export WINEPREFIX=/where/your/app/is"
cd $WINEPREFIX
wine myapp.exe
==============================================================

Martin

jorl17 · Post by **jorl17** » Sun Jan 22, 2012 11:24 pm

Martin Gregorie wrote:On Sun, 2012-01-22 at 15:35 -0600, tigerdog wrote:
I would like to point Wine at my Linux temp directory instead
of /home/username/.wine/drive_c/users/username/Temp. Is there a way
to have the Wine environment variable specify a different location?

The default is: WINEPREFIX="$HOME/.wine"
You can change WINEPREFIX to anything you like:

export WINEPREFIX="$HOME/.wine_for_myapp"

works and so should: export WINEPREFIX="/path/to/wherever/I/want"
but an easier way to handle this is to use a wrapper script, e.g.

===============================================================
#!/bin/bash
export WINEPREFIX=/where/your/app/is"
cd $WINEPREFIX
wine myapp.exe
==============================================================

Martin

He meant to change the directory that wine uses for temporary files, not the prefix, I think.

L. Rahyen · Post by **L. Rahyen** » Sun Jan 22, 2012 11:45 pm

I would like to point Wine at my Linux temp directory instead of
/home/username/.wine/drive_c/users/username/Temp

You can use ln to create a symbolic link, for example:

rm -rf /home/username/.wine/drive_c/users/username/Temp
ln -s /tmp /home/username/.wine/drive_c/users/username/Temp

tigerdog · Post by **tigerdog** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 1:29 am

jorl17 wrote:He meant to change the directory that wine uses for temporary files, not the prefix, I think.

Correct - that's what I want to do.

L. Rahyen wrote:You can use ln to create a symbolic link, for example:

rm -rf /home/username/.wine/drive_c/users/username/Temp
ln -s /tmp /home/username/.wine/drive_c/users/username/Temp

And that did it! Thank you jorl17 and L.Rahyen! Temp files now go where I want. I appreciate the help!

johnywhy · Post by **johnywhy** » Sun Jul 01, 2012 1:08 pm

this helps me too.

a linux noob, i think /tmp is the directory we are redirecting to, so if i want to redirect to a mounted hard-disk, would i use something like the following?

rm -rf /home/username/.wine/drive_c/users/username/Temp
ln -s /mnt/sda1/winetemp /home/username/.wine/drive_c/users/username/Temp

and, while we're at it:

rm -rf /root/.wine/drive_c/windows/temp
ln -s /mnt/sda1/winetemp /root/.wine/drive_c/windows/temp

thanks

doh123 · Post by **doh123** » Sun Jul 01, 2012 10:38 pm

symlink is probably the safest way to go, but I do recall one of the .reg files holding that information as well you could probably just edit.

johnywhy · Post by **johnywhy** » Sun Jul 01, 2012 10:59 pm

I'm trying to do the same with /tmp, using the following:

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mv /tmp /mnt/new/location/tmp

ln -s /mnt/new/location/tmp /tmp

It fails with either an "in use" error, or when tmp is not in-use, i get:
"inter-device move failed... unable to remove target... Is a directory"

Have tried by exiting x-windows to command prompt, or by mouse-clicks. Same error.

Using saluki puppy Linux, an ubuntu variant. In puppy, /tmp is inaccessible when the OS is not loaded-- it's inside a 4fs file, which I believe is a kind of squash file. So I think the above task must somehow be done while the OS is running.

Note, puppy runs as root user by default.

Suggestions appreciated.

Post by **DanKegel** » Sun Jul 01, 2012 11:51 pm

For system things like /tmp, you kind of need to understand
the system better.

http://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/techref/process.boot describes how
/tmp is futzed with on one small linux.

johnywhy · Post by **johnywhy** » Mon Jul 02, 2012 12:20 am

thanks. I could not find the futzing with tmp that you mentioned, but i'm thinking i should put the commands into a bash script that executes during boot, after /tmp is created, but before anything is using it.

However, not quite sure (translation: no idea) where to put the script. noob thoughts.

johnywhy · Post by **johnywhy** » Mon Jul 02, 2012 12:35 am

/root/Startup/README.txt says:

to execute something at bootup and prior to X desktop loading, edit /etc/rc.d/rc.local

so, i put the commands into rc.local. I believe it did not work Sad

suggestions welcomed!

johnywhy · Post by **johnywhy** » Mon Jul 02, 2012 12:46 am

during the boot, before xWindows starts, i saw the message "cannot move" or "cannot remove" flash by.

Post by **dimesio** » Mon Jul 02, 2012 8:22 am

johnywhy wrote:thanks. I could not find the futzing with tmp that you mentioned, but i'm thinking i should put the commands into a bash script that executes during boot, after /tmp is created, but before anything is using it.

However, not quite sure (translation: no idea) where to put the script. noob thoughts.

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