ScratchDir

SYNOPSIS

directory

DESCRIPTION

Specify the directory containing temporary, runtime files.

The kind of files Interchange drops to the ScratchDir directory include cached searches and retired session IDs.

DIRECTIVE TYPE AND DEFAULT VALUE

Catalog directive

EXAMPLES

Example: Creating directory structure similar to a Linux filesystem

ScratchDir var/tmp

NOTES

The specified location is always treated relative to CATROOT.

AVAILABILITY

ScratchDir is available in Interchange versions:

4.6.0-5.7.0 (cvs-head)

SOURCE

Interchange 5.7.0:

Source: lib/Vend/Config.pm
Line 575

['ScratchDir',       'relative_dir',     'tmp'],

Source: lib/Vend/Config.pm
Line 3863 (context shows lines 3863-3884)

sub parse_relative_dir {
my($var, $value) = @_;

if ($Global::NoAbsolute) {
  # sanity check on filenames
  if (file_name_is_absolute($value)) {
    config_error('Absolute path %s not allowed in %s directive',
           $value, $var)
  }
  if ($value =~ m#^\.\./.*\.\.#) {
    config_error('Path %s outside of catalog directory not allowed in %s directive',
           $value, $var)
  }
}

$C->{Source}{$var} = $value;

$value = "$C->{VendRoot}/$value"
  unless file_name_is_absolute($value);
$value =~ s./+$..;
$value;
}

AUTHORS

Interchange Development Group

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