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| author | Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com> | 2006-11-06 14:34:52 (GMT) |
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| committer | Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com> | 2006-11-06 14:34:52 (GMT) |
| commit | 3230599329c163261b7dcbddd2151d2de3720a55 (patch) | |
| tree | 1534f7eb6c7a2233aa91fafab5669b12740f0e40 /Doc | |
| parent | 3541adcd48002edc19fdbcd6799689102e7ac16c (diff) | |
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note that user can control directory location even if default dir is used
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libtempfile.tex b/Doc/lib/libtempfile.tex index 9da8663..9b4d848 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libtempfile.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libtempfile.tex @@ -86,7 +86,12 @@ If \var{prefix} is specified, the file name will begin with that prefix; otherwise, a default prefix is used. If \var{dir} is specified, the file will be created in that directory; -otherwise, a default directory is used. +otherwise, a default directory is used. The default directory is chosen +from a platform-dependent list, but the user of the application can control +the directory location by setting the \var{TMPDIR}, \var{TEMP} or \var{TMP} +environment variables. There is thus no guarantee that the generated +filename will have any nice properties, such as not requiring quoting when +passed to external commands via \code{os.popen()}. If \var{text} is specified, it indicates whether to open the file in binary mode (the default) or text mode. On some platforms, this makes |