--- /work/cryomics/apps/Unicycler/unicycler/spades_func.py	2017-11-14 03:09:12.000000000 +0000
+++ spades_func.py	2017-11-14 05:49:13.427938669 +0000
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@
         command += ['-1', short1, '-2', short2]
     if using_unpaired_reads:
         command += ['-s', unpaired]
-    command += ['-o', read_correction_dir, '--threads', str(threads), '--only-error-correction']
+    command += ['-o', read_correction_dir, '--threads', str(threads), '--only-error-correction', '--tmp-dir', '/tmp']
     process = subprocess.Popen(command, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
 
     while process.poll() is None:
@@ -342,7 +342,8 @@
     using_unpaired_reads = unpaired is not None and os.path.isfile(unpaired)
 
     kmer_string = ','.join([str(x) for x in kmers])
-    command = [spades_path, '-o', out_dir, '-k', kmer_string, '--threads', str(threads)]
+#original    command = [spades_path, '-o', out_dir, '-k', kmer_string, '--threads', str(threads)]
+    command = [spades_path, '-o', out_dir, '-k', kmer_string, '--threads', str(threads), '--tmp-dir', '/tmp']
     if just_last:
         command += ['--restart-from', 'k' + str(kmers[-1])]
     else: