Here you can find the source of getTempDirectory()
public static String getTempDirectory()
//package com.java2s; /* MarcWorx MARC Library - Utilities for manipulation of MARC records Copyright (C) 2013 Todd Walker, Talwood Solutions 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./*w w w . ja v a2s . co m*/ 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/>. */ public class Main { public static String getTempDirectory() { //get the TMP directory String tempDir = System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir"); if (tempDir != null) { tempDir = tempDir.replace('\\', '/'); } return tempDir; } }