@@ -217,11 +217,11 @@ def mktmpsomething(prefix, randchars, createfunc):

     return dirname

 __all__.append("mktmpsomething")

-def mktmpdir(prefix = "/tmp/tmpdir-", randchars = 10):

+def mktmpdir(prefix = os.getenv('TMP','/tmp') + "/tmpdir-", randchars = 10):

     return mktmpsomething(prefix, randchars, os.mkdir)

 __all__.append("mktmpdir")

-def mktmpfile(prefix = "/tmp/tmpfile-", randchars = 20):

+def mktmpfile(prefix = os.getenv('TMP','/tmp') + "/tmpfile-", randchars = 20):

     createfunc = lambda filename : os.close(os.open(filename, os.O_CREAT | os.O_EXCL))

     return mktmpsomething(prefix, randchars, createfunc)

 __all__.append("mktmpfile")