tomcat - System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir") not returning correct location

Question

I have read this post and have been sure to set both my system and user variables for TEMP and TMP to C:Temp and C:mp respectively. I have restarted my machine twice, but when my application calls System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir") it keeps directing to C:Program FilesApache Software FoundationTomcat 8.5emp. Why is it doing this and how can I get it to point to C:Temp or C:mp? TIA

EDIT:
I have also tried doing set -Djava.io.tmpdir=C:Temp from the cmd window and am still getting the same results.

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/66054983/system-getpropertyjava-io-tmpdir-not-returning-correct-location

Answer 1

In bincatalina.bat in the Tomcat installation directory are the lines:

if not "%CATALINA_TMPDIR%" == "" goto gotTmpdir
set "CATALINA_TMPDIR=%CATALINA_BASE%emp"
:gotTmpdir

You can either set the environment variable CATALINA_TMPDIR or modify this file.