vim uses /tmp for shell functions

Question

When vim uses the shell given a colon !command, it does so through the /tmp filesystem. How do you force vim to use ~/.vim/tmp/ instead? It also uses /tmp for help files when zcat is required to read some of the manuals.

TMPDIR doesn't work for this case.

womble · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-23T12:00:12.753

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Have you tried setting the TMPDIR environment variable? That's the standard way (across most "Unix style" programs I've had to worry about it for) of specifying an alternate location for temporary files.

edited Jul 23 '11 at 12:00

answered Jul 23 '11 at 08:22

womble

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Actually, this works. I was thinking you were referring to vim's 'directory' setting. Thanks. – atx Jul 23 '11 at 11:57
I've clarified my wording to make it clear I was referring to the env var. – womble Jul 23 '11 at 12:00

vim uses /tmp for shell functions

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