How To Change Oracle Traffic Directory's Default tmp Directory? (Doc ID 1938506.1)

Last updated on JUNE 20, 2024

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Goal

 By default Oracle Traffic Directory uses /tmp as its temp path to store temporary files. For example, you may see the following in the server.xml file:
 

This may cause issues if you have a cron script (e.g tmpwatch) that automates temporary file cleanup on the /tmp directory. Issues you may encounter as a result of the cleanup include failure to stop OTD by running stopserv command, admin console displaying incorrect status of the OTD instance, etc.  So how to configure the OTD to use a temp location other than the /tmp directory?

Solution

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