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KyleCoffey
Copper Contributor
Apr 20, 2022

cv_debug.log appears in $HOME on Linux

Hi,   I've recently noticed a strange file in my HOME directory, and after some searching discovered it was probably created by Edge. Is there a way to move cv_debug.log to appear elsewhere? I coul...
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atlanto
Iron Contributor
Jan 06, 2023

FYI

On my Wndows 10, cv_debug.log file is placed in AppData\Local\Temp folder which is of TEMP or TMP environment variable.

On my LinuxMint 21.1, cv_debug.log file is placed in /tmp folder which is a standard directory and there seems no environment variables.

If I launched Edge with explicit declaration of temporary folder like as

export TMPDIR=/home/atlanto;microsoft-edge-dev

cv_debug.log file is placed in my home directory.

 

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    KyleCoffey
    Copper Contributor
    Feb 16, 2023
    Yes, cv_debug.log normally appears in /tmp and it does exist there currently. The issue I am encountering is rare, and actually hasn't happened since May according to the timestamp in that file. Perhaps it only occurs on first launch (my current OS install is from May). TMPDIR is unset.

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