# How to set up a temporary directory for Arachne

1. the prefered location for a temporary directory is the RAM disk (or at least any drive with enabled disk caching)
2. do not use the root directory of any drive
3. make sure the directory is created by your AUTOEXEC.BAT
4. define an environment variable called TEMP (most DOS compatible systems define this variable for you)
5. do not use an additional backslash ("\") at the end of the pathname
6. if necessary, you can define an ARACHNETEMP environment variable which overrides the TEMP setting for Arachne
7. for best performance, enable caching of local objects to the TEMP directory in Options | Local settings
8. the amount of free disk space on the drive where the TEMP directory is located should be at least 512 KB, but the recommended size is at least several MB.

### Example of lines which should be present in your AUTOEXEC.BAT:

    SET TEMP=G:\TEMP
    MKDIR %TEMP%

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