#endif
#ifdef P_tmpdir
- base = try_dir (P_tmpdir, base);
+ /* We really want a directory name here as if concatenated with say \dir
+ we do not end up with a double \\ which defines an UNC path. */
+ if (strcmp (P_tmpdir, "\\") == 0)
+ base = try_dir ("\\.", base);
+ else
+ base = try_dir (P_tmpdir, base);
#endif
/* Try /var/tmp, /usr/tmp, then /tmp. */