example of setting up temp on a persistent big /localtmp drive with user name in...

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+# snippet of code to set all the temp folders and genesis2 state dir on a stable local
+# temporary directory.  do not use /localtmp if it will be deleted!  this stuff is
+# expected to persist until the user decides to clean things up.
+
+# use a local temporary directory if possible.
+if [ -d /localtmp ]; then
+  export FAST_LOCAL_STORAGE=/localtmp/$USER
+  export TMP=$FAST_LOCAL_STORAGE/tempo
+  mkdir -p $TMP &>/dev/null
+  chmod -R 700 $FAST_LOCAL_STORAGE
+
+  # plan on putting the state directory onto there.
+  export GENII_USER_DIR=$FAST_LOCAL_STORAGE/state-dir
+fi
+
+# after the above, load feisty meow scripts and they will take advantage of the
+# TMP folder we set above.
+