Use TMPDIR if set, from Han Boetes.

2 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/tmux.1 b/tmux.1
index 27a0c997..cf244782 100644
--- a/tmux.1
+++ b/tmux.1
@@ -134,7 +134,10 @@ will report an error and exit without executing further commands.
 .It Fl L Ar socket-name
 .Nm
 stores the server socket in a directory under
-.Pa /tmp ;
+.Pa /tmp
+(or
+.Ev TMPDIR
+if set);
 the default socket is named
 .Em default .
 This option allows a different socket name to be specified, allowing several
diff --git a/tmux.c b/tmux.c
index 3b40da12..0225f5f6 100644
--- a/tmux.c
+++ b/tmux.c
@@ -169,12 +169,15 @@ parseenvironment(void)
 char *
 makesocketpath(const char *label)
 {
-	char		base[MAXPATHLEN], *path;
+	char		base[MAXPATHLEN], *path, *s;
 	struct stat	sb;
 	u_int		uid;
 
 	uid = getuid();
-	xsnprintf(base, MAXPATHLEN, "%s/tmux-%d", _PATH_TMP, uid);
+	if ((s = getenv("TMPDIR")) == NULL || *s == '\0')
+		xsnprintf(base, sizeof base, "%s/tmux-%u", _PATH_TMP, uid);
+	else
+		xsnprintf(base, sizeof base, "%s/tmux-%u", s, uid);
 
 	if (mkdir(base, S_IRWXU) != 0 && errno != EEXIST)
 		return (NULL);