From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Date: Mon, 6 Sep 1999 11:47:56 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: (small-temporary-file-directory): Make it nil except on ms-dos.
X-Git-Tag: emacs-pretest-21.0.90~6882
X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=128d940d04dd764de695e828976961119e24d786;p=emacs.git

(small-temporary-file-directory): Make it nil except on ms-dos.
---

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.")