Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2001 18:59:55 +0200
From: "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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> From: "mike friedrichs" <mike_fr1 AT txucom DOT net>
> Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2001 12:57:10 -0600
> 
> still having problems understanding why tmp directories have to be
> created in all drives.

You don't need to do that.  Simply change the setting of TMPDIR to
point to as pecific drive, like "set TMPDIR=c:/tmp".