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The C<more> command uses C<$PAGER> as the pager. If not
set, it uses C<more>.
+=item TMPDIR
+
+Location of temporary directory, defaults to C</tmp>.
+
+If libguestfs was compiled to use the supermin appliance then each
+handle will require rather a large amount of space in this directory
+for short periods of time (~ 80 MB). You can use C<$TMPDIR> to
+configure another directory to use in case C</tmp> is not large
+enough.
+
=back
=head1 EXIT CODE