Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1998 18:39:29 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Martin Str|mberg <ams AT ludd DOT luth DOT se>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: How to locate djgpp.env?
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On 30 Aug 1998, Martin Str|mberg wrote:

> Isn't this what happens if your drive fills up? Wouln't this happen if
> your TMPDIR only can hold less than necessary regardless whether it's
> on a RAMDISK or not?

Yes and yes.  The problem is that RAM disks tend to be small (several
MBytes), and uncompressing large .tar.gz files will fill them easily.  As
a rule of thumb, if the compressed file is more than 4 times the size of
RAM disk, you should reset TMPDIR befor running `tar' (or just use `djtar'
;-).