The following bug has been logged online:
Bug reference: 5384
Logged by: Jon Nelson
Email address: jnelson@jamponi.net
PostgreSQL version: 8.4.2
Operating system: openSUSE 11.2
Description: pg_dump hard-codes use of /tmp
Details:
I was trying to dump a database (with --format=tar).
I noticed I kept running out of space, but that should not have been - I was
dumping to a filesystem with plenty of space.
strace to the rescue!
strace shows me that pg_dump is using /tmp - hardcoded because my TMPDIR
environment variable does *not* point to /tmp.
So, there are two issues:
1. why is pg_dump using a temporary directory (other than the $CWD) anyway?
2. More importantly, why is pg_dump ignoring TMPDIR ?
