Incorrect .tmp folder location on macOS?

mfisher911
mfisher911
Community Member
edited September 2022 in CLI

1Password is creating a directory structure on my Mac as:

/Users/mfisher/~/.tmp/com.agilebits.op.501

I would prefer that it not create this ~ directory. I have a .tmp directory directly in $HOME with 700 file permissions.

Is there a way to change the location where the temporary directory is stored?

NPM has done this on my computer too, so I'm not sure if there is some other misconfig affecting things?

Thanks!

1Password Version: 80904044
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OS Version: macOS 12.6
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Comments

  • mfisher911
    mfisher911
    Community Member

    This looks like it may have been related to an old version of the op CLI tool (I had 2.1.0; 2.7.1 is current). I refreshed it and things seem better.

    Thank you!

  • mfisher911
    mfisher911
    Community Member

    Whoops, spoke too soon. It's back this morning. :(

  • andi.t_1P
    andi.t_1P
    edited September 2022

    Hi @mfisher911 , thanks for reaching out! Depending on which process causes this temp file to be created there, you could try to specify the XDG_RUNTIME_DIR env variable with your desired location path, OR change the default location specified by your system, which can be achieved by specifying a different value for the TMPDIR env var.

    Let me know if any of these solutions help! Best,
    Andi

  • mfisher911
    mfisher911
    Community Member

    Hi, Andi, thanks for the response (long ago)!

    I just tested and things look promising. FWIW (in case others are searching), I'm using the modern Mac default shell (zsh), so I added these lines to my .zshenv file:

    export TMPDIR=$HOME/.tmp
export XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=$HOME/.tmp
  • Jack.P_1P
    Jack.P_1P

    Hi @mfisher911:

    On behalf of Andi, you're very welcome. 🙂

    Jack

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