[Plplot-devel] [ plplot-Bugs-1495157 ] plplot fills up /tmp

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Bugs item #1495157, was opened at 2006-05-25 13:31
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Status: Open
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Priority: 5
Submitted By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: plplot fills up /tmp

Initial Comment:
plplot is hardwired (via tmpfile()) on Linux to create
it's temporary files in /tmp.

On systems where /tmp is a tmpfs virtual file system
with limited size, extended use of plplot will fill up
/tmp (with a file that is still open but has been
removed and continues to claim space), which begins to
cause failures with other applications.

Ideally, tmpfile() should be redirectable (e.g. via
environment variables TMP/TMPDIR/etc.), but plplot
should probably have a mechanism to create temporary
files elsewhere, as well.

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