+.\" -*-nroff-*-
.TH tmpdir 1 "6 April 1999" "Local tools"
.SH NAME
tmpdir \- choose, or check a choice of, temporary directory
.B tmpdir
program finds a secure place for temporary files, creating one if
necessary. The criteria it uses to choose a place are as follows:
-.IP 1.
+.IP " 1."
The temporary directory must be owned by the user, and have mode 700
(i.e., readable, writable and searchable only by the owner).
-.IP 2.
+.IP " 2."
The path through the filesystem to the temporary directory must be
secure against modifications by other malicious users. See the
.BR chkpath (1)