[jira] [Created] (MAHOUT-1794) Support alternate temporary directories in example scripts.

["Albert Chu (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Albert Chu created MAHOUT-1794:
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             Summary: Support alternate temporary directories in example scripts.
                 Key: MAHOUT-1794
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MAHOUT-1794
             Project: Mahout
          Issue Type: Improvement
          Components: Examples
    Affects Versions: 0.11.1
            Reporter: Albert Chu
            Priority: Minor


In many of the example scripts, a directory in /tmp (e.g. /tmp/mahout-work-dir) is created for use as temporary scratch space, such as to store data files that are downloaded.

In a number of HPC environments, /tmp may not exist or /tmp may be very small b/c local disk drives don't exist.  It'd be convenient to be able to specify an alternate directory to use as scratch space.

Pull request via Github to be sent shortly.




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