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-rw-r--r--cmd/podman/load.go3
-rw-r--r--docs/source/markdown/podman-create.1.md2
-rw-r--r--docs/source/markdown/podman-load.1.md2
-rw-r--r--docs/source/markdown/podman-pull.1.md2
-rw-r--r--docs/source/markdown/podman-run.1.md2
-rw-r--r--libpod/runtime_img.go8
-rw-r--r--pkg/util/utils.go9
7 files changed, 23 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/cmd/podman/load.go b/cmd/podman/load.go
index ed6a4e5fa..318b5b5fb 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/load.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/load.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
"github.com/containers/libpod/cmd/podman/cliconfig"
"github.com/containers/libpod/cmd/podman/shared/parse"
"github.com/containers/libpod/pkg/adapter"
+ "github.com/containers/libpod/pkg/util"
"github.com/pkg/errors"
"github.com/spf13/cobra"
"golang.org/x/crypto/ssh/terminal"
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ func loadCmd(c *cliconfig.LoadValues) error {
if terminal.IsTerminal(int(os.Stdin.Fd())) {
return errors.Errorf("cannot read from terminal. Use command-line redirection or the --input flag.")
}
- outFile, err := ioutil.TempFile("/var/tmp", "podman")
+ outFile, err := ioutil.TempFile(util.Tmpdir(), "podman")
if err != nil {
return errors.Errorf("error creating file %v", err)
}
diff --git a/docs/source/markdown/podman-create.1.md b/docs/source/markdown/podman-create.1.md
index 3c5f81764..23106fe76 100644
--- a/docs/source/markdown/podman-create.1.md
+++ b/docs/source/markdown/podman-create.1.md
@@ -1066,6 +1066,8 @@ b
**/etc/subuid**
**/etc/subgid**
+NOTE: Use the environment variable `TMPDIR` to change the temporary storage location of downloaded container images. Podman defaults to use `/var/tmp`.
+
## SEE ALSO
subgid(5), subuid(5), libpod.conf(5), systemd.unit(5), setsebool(8), slirp4netns(1), fuse-overlayfs(1)
diff --git a/docs/source/markdown/podman-load.1.md b/docs/source/markdown/podman-load.1.md
index deb4fb5ec..917f102f6 100644
--- a/docs/source/markdown/podman-load.1.md
+++ b/docs/source/markdown/podman-load.1.md
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ Read from archive file, default is STDIN.
The remote client requires the use of this option.
+NOTE: Use the environment variable `TMPDIR` to change the temporary storage location of container images. Podman defaults to use `/var/tmp`.
+
**--quiet**, **-q**
Suppress the progress output
diff --git a/docs/source/markdown/podman-pull.1.md b/docs/source/markdown/podman-pull.1.md
index a22d2db42..b3e35c672 100644
--- a/docs/source/markdown/podman-pull.1.md
+++ b/docs/source/markdown/podman-pull.1.md
@@ -156,6 +156,8 @@ Storing signatures
registries.conf is the configuration file which specifies which container registries should be consulted when completing image names which do not include a registry or domain portion.
+NOTE: Use the environment variable `TMPDIR` to change the temporary storage location of downloaded container images. Podman defaults to use `/var/tmp`.
+
## SEE ALSO
podman(1), podman-push(1), podman-login(1), containers-registries.conf(5)
diff --git a/docs/source/markdown/podman-run.1.md b/docs/source/markdown/podman-run.1.md
index bc99a83ca..f595e77e4 100644
--- a/docs/source/markdown/podman-run.1.md
+++ b/docs/source/markdown/podman-run.1.md
@@ -1335,6 +1335,8 @@ b
**/etc/subgid**
+NOTE: Use the environment variable `TMPDIR` to change the temporary storage location of downloaded container images. Podman defaults to use `/var/tmp`.
+
## SEE ALSO
**subgid**(5), **subuid**(5), **libpod.conf**(5), **systemd.unit**(5), **setsebool**(8), **slirp4netns**(1), **fuse-overlayfs**(1).
diff --git a/libpod/runtime_img.go b/libpod/runtime_img.go
index 6c45a2300..6ac32878b 100644
--- a/libpod/runtime_img.go
+++ b/libpod/runtime_img.go
@@ -209,11 +209,11 @@ func (r *Runtime) Import(ctx context.Context, source string, reference string, c
}
// donwloadFromURL downloads an image in the format "https:/example.com/myimage.tar"
-// and temporarily saves in it /var/tmp/importxyz, which is deleted after the image is imported
+// and temporarily saves in it $TMPDIR/importxyz, which is deleted after the image is imported
func downloadFromURL(source string) (string, error) {
fmt.Printf("Downloading from %q\n", source)
- outFile, err := ioutil.TempFile("/var/tmp", "import")
+ outFile, err := ioutil.TempFile(util.Tmpdir(), "import")
if err != nil {
return "", errors.Wrap(err, "error creating file")
}
@@ -234,9 +234,9 @@ func downloadFromURL(source string) (string, error) {
}
// DownloadFromFile reads all of the content from the reader and temporarily
-// saves in it /var/tmp/importxyz, which is deleted after the image is imported
+// saves in it $TMPDIR/importxyz, which is deleted after the image is imported
func DownloadFromFile(reader *os.File) (string, error) {
- outFile, err := ioutil.TempFile("/var/tmp", "import")
+ outFile, err := ioutil.TempFile(util.Tmpdir(), "import")
if err != nil {
return "", errors.Wrap(err, "error creating file")
}
diff --git a/pkg/util/utils.go b/pkg/util/utils.go
index 4a52ea68d..a4df48c88 100644
--- a/pkg/util/utils.go
+++ b/pkg/util/utils.go
@@ -600,3 +600,12 @@ func HomeDir() (string, error) {
}
return home, nil
}
+
+func Tmpdir() string {
+ tmpdir := os.Getenv("TMPDIR")
+ if tmpdir == "" {
+ tmpdir = "/var/tmp"
+ }
+
+ return tmpdir
+}