[Libguestfs] [PATCH virt-v2v v2 1/2] docs: Large files are placed in LIBGUESTFS_CACHEDIR (not TMPDIR).

Fix the documentation which referred to the wrong environment variable. --- docs/virt-v2v.pod | 14 ++++++++------ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/virt-v2v.pod b/docs/virt-v2v.pod index ed95fdc8e..3f8cc6564 100644 --- a/docs/virt-v2v.pod +++ b/docs/virt-v2v.pod @@ -1206,8 +1206,9 @@ possible. =head3 Disk space -Virt-v2v places potentially large temporary files in C<$TMPDIR> (which -is F</var/tmp> if you don't set it). Using tmpfs is a bad idea. +Virt-v2v places potentially large temporary files in +C<$LIBGUESTFS_CACHEDIR> (which is F</var/tmp> if you don't set it). +Using tmpfs is a bad idea. For each guest disk, an overlay is stored temporarily. This stores the changes made during conversion, and is used as a cache. The @@ -1220,11 +1221,12 @@ and output methods may use disk space, as outlined in the table below. =item I<-i ova> This temporarily places a full copy of the uncompressed source disks -in C<$TMPDIR>. +in C<$LIBGUESTFS_CACHEDIR> (or F</var/tmp>). =item I<-o glance> -This temporarily places a full copy of the output disks in C<$TMPDIR>. +This temporarily places a full copy of the output disks in +C<$LIBGUESTFS_CACHEDIR> (or F</var/tmp>). =item I<-o local> @@ -1554,10 +1556,10 @@ conversion. =over 4 -=item C<TMPDIR> +=item C<LIBGUESTFS_CACHEDIR> Location of the temporary directory used for the potentially large -temporary overlay file. +temporary overlay file. If not set, F</var/tmp> is used. See the L</Disk space> section above. -- 2.25.0