How do I make sosreport write to an alternative location?

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Is there a way to force sosreport to use a different directory than /tmp?
  • sosreport fails because there is not enough space in /tmp.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.6 and later
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • sosreport

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