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How to change directory where files are placed for other applications to access?

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Running ESR on Centos (RedHat) 5 & 6. Because of the way my system is set up, I would like to change where Firefox places files when they need to be accessed by another application (e.g. a .doc file). The default is to place them in /tmp, which works for most people, but does not work in my particular installation. (Some of the programs I use to read certain files are actually on a different computer, but can be started automatically from the computer I am browsing on). I need to place these files on a network directory, so the other computer can see them.

I looked in about:config, but do not find anything pointing to /tmp. I am hoping that this is one of those "add a new line to about:config" things that are assumed (based on OS), but can be changed if needed.

Thanks, Ted Miller

Running ESR on Centos (RedHat) 5 & 6. Because of the way my system is set up, I would like to change where Firefox places files when they need to be accessed by another application (e.g. a .doc file). The default is to place them in /tmp, which works for most people, but does not work in my particular installation. (Some of the programs I use to read certain files are actually on a different computer, but can be started automatically from the computer I am browsing on). I need to place these files on a network directory, so the other computer can see them. I looked in about:config, but do not find anything pointing to /tmp. I am hoping that this is one of those "add a new line to about:config" things that are assumed (based on OS), but can be changed if needed. Thanks, Ted Miller

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You can probably only do this by changing the TMPDIR=/tmp environment variable to point to that network drive.
You can start Firefox via a script file if you do ont want to do this for all applications. 

#!/bin/sh

export TMPDIR=<path to tmp directory>
cd <path to Firefox>
./firefox
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cor-el
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You can probably only do this by changing the TMPDIR=/tmp environment variable to point to that network drive.
You can start Firefox via a script file if you do ont want to do this for all applications. 

#!/bin/sh

export TMPDIR=<path to tmp directory>
cd <path to Firefox>
./firefox
t--miller
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Thanks cor-el. Can manage that easily, per your shell example. Ted Miller