--- arts-1.0.2/mcop/mcoputils.cc~	2002-07-05 16:10:12 +0400

+++ arts-1.0.2/mcop/mcoputils.cc	2002-07-05 16:12:54 +0400

@@ -76,7 +76,9 @@

 	string logname = "unknown";

 	if(getenv("LOGNAME")) logname = getenv("LOGNAME");

-	string tmpdir = "/tmp/mcop-"+uglify(logname);

+	string tmp_path = "/tmp";

+	if(getenv("TMPDIR")) tmp_path = getenv("TMPDIR");

+	string tmpdir = tmp_path+"/mcop-"+uglify(logname);

 	if(mkdir(tmpdir.c_str(),0700) != 0 && errno != EEXIST)

 		arts_fatal("can't create %s (%s)", tmpdir.c_str(),strerror(errno));