X-Git-Url: https://feistymeow.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=nucleus%2Flibrary%2Fbasis%2Fenvironment.cpp;h=520b7791c11f4739cd763022c6e3e0be9fde0022;hb=51b587223136de70cd5a9f1cfbf2bf80b4e70ba0;hp=5e50abfbe861913a7fe7d6230a672cff7b5bddfd;hpb=3ea085ec301ed1399dfa1e9f3a240312dc95410b;p=feisty_meow.git

diff --git a/nucleus/library/basis/environment.cpp b/nucleus/library/basis/environment.cpp
index 5e50abfb..520b7791 100644
--- a/nucleus/library/basis/environment.cpp
+++ b/nucleus/library/basis/environment.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,24 @@
 
 namespace basis {
 
+astring environment::TMP()
+{
+  const static astring TMP_VARIABLE_NAME("TMP");
+  astring to_return = get(TMP_VARIABLE_NAME);
+  if (!to_return) {
+    // they did not see fit to set this in the environment.  let's make something up.
+#ifdef __WIN32__
+    // windows default does not necessarily exist.
+    to_return = "c:/tmp";
+#else
+    // most reasonable OSes have a /tmp directory.
+    to_return = "/tmp";
+#endif
+    if (!!to_return) set("TMP", to_return);
+  }
+  return to_return;
+}
+
 astring environment::get(const astring &variable_name)
 {
 #ifdef __WIN32__