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+// Copyright 2010 The Go Authors.  All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// Unix environment variables.
+
+package os
+
+// TempDir returns the default directory to use for temporary files.
+// On Unix-like systems, it uses the environment variable $TMPDIR
+// or, if that is empty, /tmp.
+// On Windows systems, it uses the Windows GetTempPath API.
+func TempDir() string {
+	dir := Getenv("TMPDIR")
+	if dir == "" {
+		dir = "/tmp"
+	}
+	return dir
+}