[GRASS-dev] Re: [GRASS GIS] #520: r.terraflow/iostream does not respect STREAM_DIR option

[Helena Mitasova]

>
>> These files are deleted upon successful completion of the module  
>> using
>  the iostream lib, nothing left to inspect. They are probably only  
> useful
>  for the iostream lib developers for debugging. Same for the  
> segment lib,
>  intermediate files are probably only useful for developers working  
> on the
>  segment lib. I don't see a reason why files created by the iostream
>  library should be treated differently to files created by the segment
>  library, or vice versa, when it comes to their storage location.
>
>  +1
>
>> This discussion is now moving away from r.terraflow towards where to
>  store large temporary files, maybe this ticket can be closed and the
>  discussion be continued somewhere else if needed?
>
>  No, still /var/tmp/ is the default also in GRASS 7. This should be
>  changed.

yes, please, this needs to be changed, it has been a long standing issue

Helena
>
>  MarkusN
>
>> Markus M
>
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