changeset 25560:c4397641ee0e

(small-temporary-file-directory): Make it nil except on ms-dos.
author Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
date Mon, 06 Sep 1999 11:47:56 +0000
parents cf5a6d4a09f1
children 67c224f5cc1a
files lisp/files.el
diffstat 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/lisp/files.el	Mon Sep 06 11:43:01 1999 +0000
+++ b/lisp/files.el	Mon Sep 06 11:47:56 1999 +0000
@@ -381,10 +381,11 @@
   "The directory for writing temporary files.")
 
 (defvar small-temporary-file-directory
-  (if (eq system-type 'ms-dos) (getenv "TMPDIR") temporary-file-directory)
+  (if (eq system-type 'ms-dos) (getenv "TMPDIR"))
   "The directory for writing small temporary files.
-This is for systems that have fast storage with limited space,
-such as a RAM disk.")
+If non-nil, this directory is used instead of `temporary-file-directory'
+by programs that create small temporary files.  This is for systems that
+have fast storage with limited space, such as a RAM disk.")
 
 ;; The system null device. (Should reference NULL_DEVICE from C.)
 (defvar null-device "/dev/null" "The system null device.")