Martin Schröder wrote:
> 2008/5/23 Hans Hagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>> sure, but it depends on tmp being cleaned up too; afaik /tmp and c:/temp
>> are only cleaned up periodically e.g. when one runs out of space so it's
>> a kind of indication of 'may be cleaned up'
>
> Many Unixes clear /tmp at bootup. Even SUSE can do this. :-)
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temporary_directory
> "In Unix and Linux, the global temporary directories are /tmp and
> /var/tmp. Typically, /var/tmp is for more permanent files, and /tmp is
> for more temporary files. See Filesystem Hierarchy Standard. In
> addition, a user can set his TMPDIR environment variable to point to a
> preferred directory (where the creation and modification of files is
> allowed)."
so then checking for TMPDIR should precece TMP
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