Temporary Disk Space Usage

How to:

Temporary space, by default, is created under the configuration directory in the file system used to install the product.

Syntax: How to Pre-Allocate Temporary Files

You can pre-allocate an individual file for a user, using the following techniques:

For UNIX and Linux:
```
FILEDEF XXX DISK /u/another/area/xxx.dat
```
where:

/u/another/area

Has enough free space to hold the file.
For Windows:
```
FILEDEF XXX DISK C:\tmp\another\area\xxx.dat
```
where:

tmp\another\area

Has enough free space to hold the file.
For FOCUS files:
You can use the FILEDEF and USE commands to create a FOCUS file outside the edatemp area.
```
FILEDEF NAME DISK /{pathname}{filename}.foc ......
USE NAME NEW
END
```

You can dynamically allocate FOCUS files on z/OS with the USE command. The command is

DYNAM ALLOC FILE ddname SPACE
USE ddname AS masterfile 
END

where:

If the DDNAME and Master File name are the same, use just the command:

DYNAM ALLOC