[tex-live] TeX Live 2008 testing - problems downloading

[Philip TAYLOR (Ret'd)]

Norbert Preining wrote:

[...]

 >   $systmp||=getenv 'TEMP';
 >   $systmp||='/tmp';
 >   return "$systmp";
 > }
 >
 > SO it tries first TMPDIR, then TMP, then TEMP, then /tmp ...

Isn't that last ("/tmp") going to fail under Windows
(no drive letter) ?  If the current directory allows
the necessary access, it might be better to actually
/create/ a tmp sub-directory under the current working
directory, then delete it at end-of-exercise.

** Phil.