TMPDIR

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Template:Refimprove TMPDIR is the canonical environment variable in Unix and POSIX[1] 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 <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />/tmp[2][3] or <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />/var/tmp.[4]

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.[5]

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