new attempt creates temp directory, since we're being given a bogus one by jenkins.

diff --git a/nucleus/library/tests_filesystem/test_byte_filer.cpp b/nucleus/library/tests_filesystem/test_byte_filer.cpp
index 0bf0ff1a9eb2a0e0de4e8b0006c85a512f79322e..de5c895caf3fac70b19d1471e76c87937386c0d3 100644 (file)
--- a/nucleus/library/tests_filesystem/test_byte_filer.cpp
+++ b/nucleus/library/tests_filesystem/test_byte_filer.cpp
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ const astring &TEST_FILE()
   if (!__hidden_filename) {
     __hidden_filename = environment::get("TMP");
     if (!__hidden_filename) __hidden_filename = "/tmp";
+    // try to create it just in case it wasn't there already.
+    directory::make_directory(__hidden_filename);
     __hidden_filename += TEST_FILE_BASE;
     __hidden_filename += a_sprintf("%d", chaos().inclusive(0, 65535));
     __hidden_filename += TEST_FILE_SUFFIX;