Re: Error "Can't find a temporary directory" on command "svn diff"

luc.castillo@ineo.com wrote:
> Is A subversion devlopper can resolve my problem ? Or give me some
> information to search ?
>
>
> I used subversion package (subversion.1.4.4-1) on Red-Hat EL3
> The subversion base is on a windows remmote system
>
> I use the following command to create the view of the base on my system
> svn checkout <svn repository> .
>
> The when I use the following command:
> svn diff
>
> I have two similar client systems. On the first client system, the
> result is:
> svn:Can't find a temporary directory: Error string not specified yet

Subversion uses an APR function (which we donated to that project) for
finding a temporary directory. It does so by trying to find a writable
directory using the following search path:

          $TMP
          $TEMP
          $TMPDIR
          "C:\TEMP" (windows only)
          "SYS:\TMP" (netware only)
          "/tmp"
          "/var/tmp"
          "/usr/tmp"
          P_tmpdir (POSIX define)
          `pwd`

Do you have one of those first three environment variables set to a
non-writable location?

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