Here you can find the source of getTempDir()
public static String getTempDir()
//package com.java2s; /*//from ww w . j av a 2 s .c o m * Orbit, a versatile image analysis software for biological image-based quantification. * Copyright (C) 2009 - 2016 Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Gewerbestrasse 16, CH-4123 Allschwil, Switzerland. * * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. * */ import java.io.*; public class Main { public static String getTempDir() { String s = null; try { File f = File.createTempFile("orbit", null); s = f.getParentFile().getAbsolutePath(); f.delete(); } catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); } return s; } }