From cff3454effbe323b287f95d29329b70adfa22979 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1992 18:31:56 +0000
Subject: Use $TMPDIR if it is set in the environment.

---
 Lib/tempfile.py | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Lib/tempfile.py b/Lib/tempfile.py
index a571f41..793c23f 100644
--- a/Lib/tempfile.py
+++ b/Lib/tempfile.py
@@ -5,11 +5,16 @@ import path
 
 
 # Changeable parameters (by clients!)...
-# XXX Should the environment variable $TMPDIR override tempdir?
 
 tempdir = '/usr/tmp'
 template = '@'
 
+# Use environment variable $TMPDIR to override default tempdir.
+
+if posix.environ.has_key('TMPDIR'):
+	# XXX Could check that it's a writable directory...
+	tempdir = posix.environ['TMPDIR']
+
 
 # Counter for generating unique names
 
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