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Change the default location of the audacity temporary directory to be in /var/tmp not /tmp, so that files are not deleted on reboot by the OS automation, as suggested by several users on the mailing list.

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richardash1981 2011-11-26 17:21:52 +00:00
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help/audacity.1
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@ -73,19 +73,24 @@ set the audacity block size for writing files to disk to nnn bytes
Per user configuration file. Per user configuration file.
.RE .RE
.I /tmp/audacity\-<user>/ .I /var/tmp/audacity\-<user>/
.RS .RS
Default location of Audacity's temp directory, where <user> is your Default location of Audacity's temp directory, where <user> is your
username. If this location is not suitable (not enough space in username. If this location is not suitable (not enough space in
/tmp, for example), you should change the temp directory in /var/tmp, for example), you should change the temp directory in
the Preferences and restart Audacity. Audacity is a disk-based the Preferences and restart Audacity. Audacity is a disk-based
editor, so the temp directory is very important: it should always editor, so the temp directory is very important: it should always
be on a fast disk with lots of free space. be on a fast (local) disk with lots of free space.
Note that older versions of Audacity put the temp directory inside Note that older versions of Audacity put the temp directory inside
of the user's home directory. This is undesirable on many systems, of the user's home directory. This is undesirable on many systems,
and using some directory in /tmp is recommended. Open the Preferences and using some directory in /tmp is recommended.
to check.
On many modern Linux systems all files in /tmp/ will be deleted
each time the system boots up, which makes recovering a recording
that was going on when the system crashed much harder. This is why
the default is to use a directory in /var/tmp/ which will not
normally be deleted by the system. Open the Preferences to check.
.RE .RE
.SH SEARCH PATH .SH SEARCH PATH
When looking for plug-ins, help files, localization files, or other When looking for plug-ins, help files, localization files, or other

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src/AudacityApp.cpp
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@ -1045,14 +1045,14 @@ bool AudacityApp::OnInit()
// AColor depends on theTheme. // AColor depends on theTheme.
AColor::Init(); AColor::Init();
/* On Unix systems, the default temp dir is in /tmp. */
/* Search path (for plug-ins, translations etc) is (in this order): /* Search path (for plug-ins, translations etc) is (in this order):
* The AUDACITY_PATH environment variable * The AUDACITY_PATH environment variable
* The current directory * The current directory
* The user's .audacity-files directory in their home directory * The user's .audacity-files directory in their home directory
* The "share" and "share/doc" directories in their install path */ * The "share" and "share/doc" directories in their install path */
#ifdef __WXGTK__ #ifdef __WXGTK__
defaultTempDir.Printf(wxT("/tmp/audacity-%s"), wxGetUserId().c_str()); /* On Unix systems, the default temp dir is in /var/tmp. */
defaultTempDir.Printf(wxT("/var/tmp/audacity-%s"), wxGetUserId().c_str());
wxString pathVar = wxGetenv(wxT("AUDACITY_PATH")); wxString pathVar = wxGetenv(wxT("AUDACITY_PATH"));
if (pathVar != wxT("")) if (pathVar != wxT(""))