# How to setup temporary directory for Arachne

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