<p>The file system I'm running on doesn't allow the creation of hard-links.  Cromwell is trying to create hard-links to directories, and when that fails, it's copying them.  Which is leading to disk quota errors.</p>
<p>Is there a way that I can simply tell cromwell &quot;try soft links first&quot;?  Without creating a whole config file?</p>

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2020-07-18T02:58:17.257Z
Hi could you tell us what your disk quota is please?
M__
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2020-07-19T23:32:22.543Z
@Michael 4.9 TB.  Which my pipeline fills up shortly before it's supposed to finish
Greg Dougherty
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2020-07-31T10:03:16.323Z
It is possible to [set configuration values via the command line](https://cromwell.readthedocs.io/en/stable/Configuring/#configuration-via-command-line). I haven't tried this, though (and it will probably make you command pretty long...)
DavyCats
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2020-07-31T17:19:14.777Z
@DavyCats we broke down and created a config file.  Problem is that for some reason cromwell insists on creating "<dirname>.tmp" directories with complete copies of the working directory
Greg Dougherty
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How do I get cromwell to create soft-links?
# How do I get cromwell to create soft-links?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-07-17)

The file system I'm running on doesn't allow the creation of hard-links. Cromwell is trying to create hard-links to directories, and when that fails, it's copying them. Which is leading to disk quota errors.

Is there a way that I can simply tell cromwell "try soft links first"? Without creating a whole config file?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Hi could you tell us what your disk quota is please?  
> **username_0**: @Michael 4.9 TB.  Which my pipeline fills up shortly before it's supposed to finish  
> **username_2**: It is possible to [set configuration values via the command line](https://cromwell.readthedocs.io/en/stable/Configuring/#configuration-via-command-line). I haven't tried this, though (and it will probably make you command pretty long...)  
> **username_0**: @DavyCats we broke down and created a config file.  Problem is that for some reason cromwell insists on creating "<dirname>.tmp" directories with complete copies of the working directory  

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