1 files changed, 14 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/src/main/extractor.c b/src/main/extractor.c
index 427de3b..6ec15e1 100644
--- a/src/main/extractor.c
+++ b/src/main/extractor.c
@@ -1486,14 +1486,22 @@ make_shm (int is_tail,
           size_t fn_size,
           size_t size)
 {
-  snprintf (fn,
-            fn_size,
+  const char *tpath;
+
 #ifdef WINDOWS
-            "%TEMP%\\"
+  tpath = "%TEMP%\\";
+#elif SOMEBSD
+  /* this works on FreeBSD, not sure about others... */
+  tpath = getenv ("TMPDIR");
+  if (tpath == NULL)
+    tpath = "/tmp/";
 #else
-            "/"
-#endif
-            "libextractor-%sshm-%u-%u",
+  tpath = "/"; /* Linux */
+#endif 
+  snprintf (fn,
+            fn_size,
+            "%slibextractor-%sshm-%u-%u",
+            tpath,
             (is_tail) ? "t" : "",
             getpid(),
             (unsigned int) RANDOM());