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1 ## Copyright (C) 2003, 2005, 2007 John W. Eaton
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2 ##
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3 ## This file is part of Octave.
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4 ##
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5 ## Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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6 ## under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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7 ## the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
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8 ## your option) any later version.
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9 ##
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10 ## Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
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11 ## WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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12 ## MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
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13 ## General Public License for more details.
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14 ##
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15 ## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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16 ## along with Octave; see the file COPYING. If not, see
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17 ## <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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19 ## -*- texinfo -*-
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20 ## @deftypefn {Function File} {@var{dir} =} fullfile ()
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21 ## Return the name of the system's directory for temporary files.
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22 ## @end deftypefn
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24 function dirname = tempdir ()
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26 dirname = getenv ("TMPDIR");
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27 if (isempty (dirname))
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28 dirname = P_tmpdir;
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29 endif
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31 if (! strcmp (dirname(end), filesep))
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32 strcat (dirname, filesep);
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33 endif
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35 if (! isdir (dirname))
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36 warning ("tempdir: `%s' does not exist or is not a directory", dirname);
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37 endif
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39 endfunction