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    <refnamediv>
        <refname>TMPDIR</refname>
        <refpurpose>temporary directory path.</refpurpose>
    </refnamediv>
    <refsection>
        <title>Description</title>
        <para>
            The <literal>TMPDIR</literal> constant holds the temporary directory
            absolute path of a Scilab process. Each Scilab process has its own
            temporary directory, created and referenced to <literal>TMPDIR</literal>
            during Scilab startup. The temporary directory is deleted when Scilab
            stops.
        </para>
        <para>The temporary directories are created as subdirectories of the
            system temporary directory and named SCI_TMP_&lt;unique&gt; where
            &lt;unique&gt; is some number generated at Scilab startup for the name to
            be unique. Under GNU/Linux, UNIX and Mac OS X, directory access rights are
            limited to the Scilab user.
        </para>
        <para>
            The <literal>TMPDIR</literal> constant cannot be altered during
            Scilab execution. However, under GNU/Linux, UNIX and Mac OS X, the system
            temporary directory (usually <literal>/tmp</literal>) can be selected by
            altering the <literal>TMPDIR</literal> system variable.
        </para>
        <note>
          <literal>dirname(TMPDIR)</literal> can be used as a general temporary directory,
          without respect to any Scilab session.
        </note>
    </refsection>
    <refsection>
        <title>Examples</title>
        <programlisting role="example"><![CDATA[
ls TMPDIR
ls(TMPDIR)
cd(TMPDIR)
        ]]></programlisting>
    </refsection>
    <refsection role="see also">
        <title>See also</title>
        <simplelist type="inline">
            <member>
                <link linkend="tempname">tempname</link>
            </member>
            <member>
                <link linkend="home">home</link>
            </member>
            <member>
                <link linkend="SCIHOME">SCIHOME</link>
            </member>
            <member>
                <link linkend="SCI">SCI</link>
            </member>
        </simplelist>
    </refsection>
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