From 430482720765c609506a6701e725404a4abf9e1c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sami Samhuri <sami.samhuri@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 10:56:55 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] if TMPDIR is not set in the environment try /tmp and fallback
 to cwd

---
 lib/index.js | 14 +++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index 6b62414..8a11a51 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -10,6 +10,18 @@
 var fs = require('fs')
   , repl = require('repl')
   , _repl
+  , _tmpdir
+
+// Find a suitable directory to store the REPL session
+if (process.env['TMPDIR']) _tmpdir = process.env['TMPDIR']
+else {
+    try {
+        fs.statSync('/tmp')
+        _tmpdir = '/tmp'
+    } catch (e) {
+        _tmpdir = process.cwd()
+    }
+}
 
 exports.startRepl = function() {
     console.log('Commands: edit(), run(), stash(filename), unstash(filename), setEditor(editor)')
@@ -24,7 +36,7 @@ exports.extend = function(obj) {
     var path = require('path')
       , spawn = require('child_process').spawn
       , sys = require('sys')
-      , _tmpfile = path.join(process.env['TMPDIR'], 'node-repl-' + process.pid + '.js')
+      , _tmpfile = path.join(_tmpdir, 'node-repl-' + process.pid + '.js')
 
     obj.edit = function(editor) {
         editor = editor || process.ENV['EDITOR']