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Diffstat (limited to 'gir/glib-2.0.c')
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1 files changed, 13 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/gir/glib-2.0.c b/gir/glib-2.0.c index 3e7f8b6e..e5b73062 100644 --- a/gir/glib-2.0.c +++ b/gir/glib-2.0.c @@ -14813,12 +14813,19 @@ /** * g_get_tmp_dir: * - * Gets the directory to use for temporary files. This is found from - * inspecting the environment variables <envar>TMPDIR</envar>, - * <envar>TMP</envar>, and <envar>TEMP</envar> in that order. If none - * of those are defined "/tmp" is returned on UNIX and "C:\" on Windows. - * 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 <envar>TMPDIR</envar> environment + * variable. If the variable is not set, <literal>P_tmpdir</literal> is + * used, as defined by the system C library. Failing that, a hard-coded + * default of "/tmp" is returned. + * + * On Windows, the <envar>TEMP</envar> 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. * * Returns: the directory to use for temporary files. */ |