/SCRATCH_DISK=device-spec CRDB uses one or two temporary scratch files to build the database if /FAST_LOAD is used (the default). The /SCRATCH_DISK qualifier can be used to specify the device on which these files are created. It may be useful to place these files in a specific place, either to improve performance or to get around protection and quota limitations. If /SCRATCH_DISK is not specified, the temporary files will be created on the disk specified by PMDF_SCRATCH. If PMDF_SCRATCH is not defined, the temporary files will be created on the disk specified by SYS$SCRATCH. If SYS$SCRATCH is not defined, the temporary files will be created on whatever disk the current default directory is on.