# create_tempdir:
#
# This creates a temporary directory for transient files if such a directory
# does not already exist.

if [ ! -z "$SHELL_DEBUG" ]; then echo creating temporary directory...; fi

export TMP=$HOME/.tmp
  # main declaration of the transients area.
if [ "$OS" = "Windows_NT" ]; then
  export TMP=c:/tmp
fi

LOG_FILE=$TMP/transients.log
  # log file for this script.

if [ -d "$TMP" ]; then
  echo >/dev/null
else
  mkdir $TMP
  if [ -z "$LIGHTWEIGHT_INIT" ]; then
    echo Created transient area \"$TMP\" for $USER on `date`. >>$LOG_FILE
  fi
fi

# set other temporary variables to the same place as TMP.
export TEMP=$TMP

# Make sure no one else is playing around in the temporary directory.
chmod 700 $TMP

if [ ! -z "$SHELL_DEBUG" ]; then echo done creating temporary directory....; fi