--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2003/02/13 21:57:48	1.328
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2003/02/13 22:22:01	1.329
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.328 2003/02/13 21:57:48 matthew Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.329 2003/02/13 22:22:01 matthew Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ qw(%perlvar %hostname %homecache %badSer
    %libserv %pr %prp %metacache %packagetab %titlecache 
    %courselogs %accesshash $processmarker $dumpcount 
    %coursedombuf %coursehombuf %courseresdatacache 
-   %domaindescription %domain_auth_def %domain_auth_arg_def);
+   %domaindescription %domain_auth_def %domain_auth_arg_def $tmpdir);
 use IO::Socket;
 use GDBM_File;
 use Apache::Constants qw(:common :http);
@@ -3670,6 +3670,12 @@ BEGIN {
     }
 }
 
+# ------------- set up temporary directory
+{
+    $tmpdir = $perlvar{'lonDaemons'}.'/tmp/';
+
+}
+
 %metacache=();
 
 $processmarker='_'.time.'_'.$perlvar{'lonHostID'};