SCRATCH

Operating Condition

Syntax: SET SCRATCH ON / OFF / TMP / <path>

Default: ON

SET SCRATCH sets the drive and directory location for temporary files created when sorting data.

·	SET SCRATCH ON to store temporary sort files on the database drive and directory.

·	SET SCRATCH OFF to store temporary files on the current drive and directory.

·	SET SCRATCH TMP to store the temporary files in Windows TEMP directory.

·	SET SCRATCH <path> provides the path to the location where temporary files are stored.

You can use the SCRATCH command in the RBENGINE8.CFG file so that the setting is made prior to launching R:BASE.