## Copyright (C) 2003, 2005, 2007 John W. Eaton
##
## This file is part of Octave.
##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {@var{dir} =} tempdir ()
## Return the name of the system's directory for temporary files.
## @end deftypefn

function dirname = tempdir ()

  dirname = getenv ("TMPDIR");
  if (isempty (dirname))
    dirname = P_tmpdir;
  endif

  if (! strcmp (dirname(end), filesep))
    strcat (dirname, filesep);
  endif

  if (! isdir (dirname))
    warning ("tempdir: `%s' does not exist or is not a directory", dirname);
  endif

endfunction