### Function

# Gimp temp_directory

#### Declaration [src]

    const gchar*
    gimp_temp_directory (
      void
    )

#### Description [src]

Returns the default top directory for GIMP temporary files. If the environment variable GIMP3_TEMPDIR exists, that is used. It should be an absolute pathname. Otherwise, a subdirectory of the directory returned by `g_get_tmp_dir()` is used.

In config files such as gimprc, the string ${gimp_temp_dir} expands to this directory.

Note that the actual directories used for GIMP temporary files can be overridden by the user in the preferences dialog.

The returned string is owned by GIMP and must not be modified or freed. The returned string is in the encoding used for filenames by GLib, which isn’t necessarily UTF-8. (On Windows it always is UTF-8.).

Available since: | 2.10.10

#### Return value

Returns: | `const gchar*`
| The default top directory for GIMP temporary files.
| The data is owned by the called function.
| The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.