3.09.1 updategcaml3090

git-svn-id: http://caml.inria.fr/svn/ocaml/branches/gcaml3090@8792 f963ae5c-01c2-4b8c-9fe0-0dff7051ff02

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/stdlib/filename.mli b/stdlib/filename.mli
index 9b98bc74f7..b379352c1d 100644
--- a/stdlib/filename.mli
+++ b/stdlib/filename.mli
@@ -77,10 +77,7 @@ val temp_file : string -> string -> string
    (readable and writable only by the file owner).  The file is
    guaranteed to be different from any other file that existed when
    [temp_file] was called.
-   Under Unix, the temporary directory is [/tmp] by default; if set,
-   the value of the environment variable [TMPDIR] is used instead.
-   Under Windows, the name of the temporary directory is the
-   value of the environment variable [TEMP], or [C:\temp] by default. *)
+*)
 
 val open_temp_file :
       ?mode: open_flag list -> string -> string -> string * out_channel
@@ -93,6 +90,14 @@ val open_temp_file :
    It can contain one or several of [Open_append], [Open_binary],
    and [Open_text].  The default is [[Open_text]] (open in text mode). *)
 
+val temp_dir_name : string
+(** The name of the temporary directory:
+    Under Unix, the value of the [TMPDIR] environment variable, or "/tmp"
+    if the variable is not set.
+    Under Windows, the value of the [TEMP] environment variable, or "."
+    if the variable is not set.
+*)
+
 val quote : string -> string
 (** Return a quoted version of a file name, suitable for use as
    one argument in a shell command line, escaping all shell