From 128d940d04dd764de695e828976961119e24d786 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Mon, 6 Sep 1999 11:47:56 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (small-temporary-file-directory): Make it nil except on ms-dos. --- lisp/files.el | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/lisp/files.el b/lisp/files.el index 5383a598e2c..17a9e78c7df 100644 --- a/lisp/files.el +++ b/lisp/files.el @@ -381,10 +381,11 @@ and ignores this variable." "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.") -- 2.11.4.GIT