On UNIX, this is taken from the TMPDIR environment variable.
If the variable is not set, P_tmpdir is
used, as defined by the system C library. Failing that, a
hard-coded default of "/tmp" is returned.
On Windows, the TEMP environment variable is used, with the
root directory of the Windows installation (eg: "C:") used
as a default.
The encoding of the returned string is system-defined. On Windows,
it is always UTF-8. The return value is never null or the empty
string.
Gets the directory to use for temporary files.
On UNIX, this is taken from the
TMPDIRenvironment variable. If the variable is not set,P_tmpdiris used, as defined by the system C library. Failing that, a hard-coded default of "/tmp" is returned.On Windows, the
TEMPenvironment variable is used, with the root directory of the Windows installation (eg: "C:") used as a default.The encoding of the returned string is system-defined. On Windows, it is always UTF-8. The return value is never
nullor the empty string.