How to set tempfile.tmpdir?

[Dave Reed]

> From: Andres Corrada-Emmanuel <corrada at dandenong.cs.umass.edu>
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to use tempfile to generate a temporary filename in the
> directory of my chossing. I thought that this would work:
> 
> import tempfile
> 
> tempfile.tmpdir = '/my/path'
> temp_name = tempfile.mktemp()
> 
> However, it doesn't. I'm working on SunOS and temp_name always comes back
> with /tmp/some_unique_identifier.
> 
> What am I doing wrong?

You're missing an e

tempfile.tempdir='/my/path'

Dave