# Cannot change jna file directory from /tmp to new dir || elasticsearch 6.2.3 ver

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-change-jna-file-directory-from-tmp-to-new-dir-elasticsearch-6-2-3-ver/125919>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 28, 2018, 11:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-change-jna-file-directory-from-tmp-to-new-dir-elasticsearch-6-2-3-ver/125919 "2018-03-28T11:39:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![pradeep2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b487fb/32.png) [@pradeep2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pradeep2)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2018, 11:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-change-jna-file-directory-from-tmp-to-new-dir-elasticsearch-6-2-3-ver/125919/1 "2018-03-28T11:39:09Z")

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Hi  
I have installed latest elasticsearch 6.2.3 ver on linux machine, i can able to start the elastic with out any errors in logs.  
When i verify the /tmp directory , i could see lot of directories creating with elasticsearch.xxxxx every time when i restart elasticsearch

Directories like....  
drwx------. 2 elk elk 6 Mar 28 02:06 elasticsearch.zaKIbvN9  
drwx------. 3 elk elk 24 Mar 28 02:16 elasticsearch.ku48IFJm  
drwx------. 2 elk elk 6 Mar 28 02:26 elasticsearch.XFh01Ti6  
drwx------. 3 elk elk 24 Mar 28 02:30 elasticsearch.dvMFeSNT  
drwx------. 2 elk elk 6 Mar 28 02:33 elasticsearch.3JyeACLI  
drwx------. 2 elk elk 6 Mar 28 04:31 elasticsearch.EDsbT3CX  
drwx------. 2 elk elk 6 Mar 28 04:39 elasticsearch.M5KyVfkU  
drwx------. 2 root root 6 Mar 28 05:33 elasticsearch.4cOhgZN6

these directories are with jna-3506402 file. As tmp dir is public i tried to change the dir from /tmp and updated jvm.options for property -Djava.io.tmpdir to new dir.  
Now i could see jna-3506402 file under new directory but issue is, still i could see empty directories creating under /tmp for every elasticsearch restart .

Can someone help me , where can i set/unset option for **not to create empty directories under /tmp**.

Thankyou.  
Pradeep

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 11:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-change-jna-file-directory-from-tmp-to-new-dir-elasticsearch-6-2-3-ver/125919/2 "2018-04-25T11:39:47Z")

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