Tmp (Temporary Runtime directory) Connection

About

tmp is a built-in connection that points to the runtime temporary directory of the local file system.

Value

RUNTIME_DIR/tabul

where:

  • RUNTIME_DIR is the value of the XDG_RUNTIME_DIR os env if found otherwise it's the operating system temporary directory.

Example of Runtime Temporary Directories:

  • Linux: /tmp
  • Windows WSL Linux: /mnt/wslg/runtime-dir
  • Windows: %TEMP%

Usage

This is the default connection for the logs of execution and other temporary runtime data.

Info

With the connection info command

tabul connection info tmp
Information about the connection (tmp)
Attribute                    Value                                Description
--------------------------   ----------------------------------   --------------------------------------------------------------------
BOOLEAN_DATA_TYPE            Native                               Boolean data type used to store boolean values
CHAR_DEFAULT_PRECISION       1                                    Default CHAR precision
COMMENT                      The temporary runtime directory      A connection description
DATE_DATA_TYPE               NATIVE                               Date data type used to store date values
HOST                                                              Host Server
MAX_CONCURRENT_THREAD                                             The maximum number of threads that can be created against the system
MAX_NAME_IN_PATH                                                  The maximum number of names in a path
NAME                         tmp                                  The name of the connection
NATIVES                                                           Native Driver attributes (jdbc properties, ...)
NCHAR_DEFAULT_PRECISION      1                                    Default NCHAR precision
NVARCHAR_DEFAULT_PRECISION   0                                    Default NVARCHAR precision
ORIGIN                       BUILT_IN                             The origin of the connection
PASSWORD                                                          The user password
PORT                                                              Host Port
TABULAR_FILE_TYPE            text/csv                             The default media type when downloading tabular data
TIMESTAMP_DATA_TYPE          NATIVE                               Timestamp data type used to store timestamp values
TIME_DATA_TYPE               NATIVE                               Time format data type to store time values
URI                          file:///mnt/wslg/runtime-dir/tabul   The uri of the connection
USER                                                              The user name
VARCHAR_DEFAULT_PRECISION    0                                    Default VARCHAR precision
WORKING_PATH                 /mnt/wslg/runtime-dir/tabul          The working path (Schema for database, directory for file system)




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