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TMPDIR is the canonical environment variable in Unix and POSIX that should be used to specify a temporary directory for scratch space. Most Unix programs will honor this setting and use its value to denote the scratch area for temporary files instead of the common default of /tmp or /var/tmp.

Other forms sometimes accepted are TEMP, TEMPDIR and TMP, but these alternatives are used more commonly by non-POSIX operating systems or non-conformant programs.

TMPDIR is specified in various Unix and similar standards, e.g. per the Single UNIX Specification.

See also

References

  1. "Environment Variables". Pubs.opengroup.org. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  2. "The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, IEEE Std 1003.1-2008, Base Definitions volume: Directory Structure and Files: /tmp". The Open Group. Retrieved 2011-04-02.
  3. "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard, version is 2.3: /tmp: Temporary files". Linux Foundation. Retrieved 2010-06-13.
  4. "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard, version is 2.3: /var/tmp: Temporary files preserved between system reboots". Linux Foundation. Retrieved 2010-06-13.
  5. "The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, IEEE Std 1003.1-2008, Base Definitions volume: Environment Variables: Other Environment Variables: TMPDIR". The Open Group. Retrieved 2011-04-02.


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