+wxString CheckIfDirExists(const wxString& dir)
+{
+ return wxFileName::DirExists(dir) ? dir : wxString();
+}
+
+} // anonymous namespace
+
+wxString wxFileName::GetTempDir()
+{
+ // first try getting it from environment: this allows overriding the values
+ // used by default if the user wants to create temporary files in another
+ // directory
+ wxString dir = CheckIfDirExists(wxGetenv("TMPDIR"));
+ if ( dir.empty() )