Allow users to set TMPDIR environment

Some users have small /var/tmp directories and need to be able to specify a different location
for temporary files, which includes more space.

Signed-off-by: Daniel J Walsh <dwalsh@redhat.com>

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/pkg/util/utils.go b/pkg/util/utils.go
index 4a52ea68d..a4df48c88 100644
--- a/pkg/util/utils.go
+++ b/pkg/util/utils.go
@@ -600,3 +600,12 @@ func HomeDir() (string, error) {
 	}
 	return home, nil
 }
+
+func Tmpdir() string {
+	tmpdir := os.Getenv("TMPDIR")
+	if tmpdir == "" {
+		tmpdir = "/var/tmp"
+	}
+
+	return tmpdir
+}