"Lee, Mija" <mija@scharp.org> writes:
> Does pg_dump actually write temporary files to /tmp or is this just used
> as swap space? If it does write files there, is there a way to have them
> write to a different location?
AFAIR pg_dump only uses /tmp if you use -Ft (tar) output format. Consider
switching to -Fc ... tar format doesn't really have any advantages for
most users.
regards, tom lane