[MLton] Writing memory to disk ...

[Adam Goode]

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Stephen Weeks wrote:
> ....
> As to what directory gets used, the current behavior is to use
> C:/WINNT/TEMP on Windows and /tmp elsewhere, overridable by an
> environment variable, $TEMP on Windows and $TMPDIR elsewhere.
>=20


C:\WINNT often doesn't exist on Windows. Sometimes it is C:\WINDOWS, but
it could be anything!

Would it be better to use the system facilities for getting a temporary
file?

On Unix: tmpfile(3)
On Windows: GetTempFileName and GetTempPath
 See:
 http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=3D/library/en-us/filei=
o/fs/creating_and_using_a_temporary_file.asp




Adam


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