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1 ## Copyright (C) 2003 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 2, or (at your option)
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8 ## 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, write to the Free
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17 ## Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
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18 ## 02110-1301, USA.
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20 ## -*- texinfo -*-
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21 ## @deftypefn {Function File} {@var{dir} =} fullfile ()
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22 ## Return the name of the system's directory for temporary files.
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23 ## @end deftypefn
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25 function dirname = tempdir ()
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27 dirname = getenv ("TMPDIR");
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28 if (length (dirname) == 0)
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29 dirname = P_tmpdir;
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30 endif
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32 endfunction