Index: openacs-4/packages/acs-tcl/tcl/utilities-procs.tcl
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RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/acs-tcl/tcl/utilities-procs.tcl,v
diff -u -r1.133.2.55 -r1.133.2.56
--- openacs-4/packages/acs-tcl/tcl/utilities-procs.tcl	16 Oct 2014 07:20:41 -0000	1.133.2.55
+++ openacs-4/packages/acs-tcl/tcl/utilities-procs.tcl	28 Nov 2014 15:09:00 -0000	1.133.2.56
@@ -4426,3 +4426,9 @@
     }
     ns_mktemp $template
 }
+
+ad_proc ad_tmpdir {} {
+    conveniece function to return the tmp directory
+} {
+    return [ns_config ns/parameters tmpdir]
+}