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The value of this variable should be a pathname object naming a directory. This directory will be used as the temporary directory by temporary-directory.
The value of this variable can also
be nil
. If it
is nil
, when temporary-directory is called, it will
determine a suitable value and make it the value of this variable.
sys:temporary-directory
should be used to access the value of this variable. It tests (using
probe-file) whether
the value of this variable is nil
or an
invalid directory pathname, resetting the value to a suitable
directory pathname if probe-file
returns nil
and returning this variable's
value if probe-file
returns true. See sys:temporary-directory for details on how a
new directory is chosen if necessary.
The initial value of this variable is nil
. In
images created by dumplisp, build-lisp-image, or
generate-application, it may
happen that the initial value in an image is a valid directory
pathname set in some fashion during image creation. In that case, that
directory will be used (even if this is not the intention of the
user).
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Created 2010.1.21.
| Allegro CL version 8.2 Unrevised from 8.1 to 8.2. 8.1 version |