Temporary Files

Funnel must use files to store information while it is working on your request. Usually these are work files that are used to hold the partially sorted data for very large sorts. All of these types of files will be uniquely named and written to a directory of your choosing.

--workDirectory [directory] is the parameter that controls this.

This would usually be specified in the configuration file and used for all sorts by default. If this is not specified the /tmp directory will be used.

If Funnel completes successfully all of the work files will have been deleted.