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Scratch Files  

The environment variable HDS_SCRATCH is used on UNIX systems to define the directory in which HDS will create scratch container files to hold temporary objects created with DAT_TEMP. When creating a scratch file, HDS will use the file name:

$HDS_SCRATCH/<filename>

where $HDS_SCRATCH is the translation of this environment variable. If HDS_SCRATCH is undefined, then the file name will be used alone, so that scratch files will then be created in the current directory.



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HDS Hierarchical Data System
Starlink User Note 92
R.F. Warren-Smith & M.D. Lawden
23rd February 1999
E-mail:rfws@star.rl.ac.uk

Copyright (C) 1999 Central Laboratory of the Research Councils