From 9d7685e56584be2cd01e5b0a830fdd69632b5305 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Darren Schroeder <343840+fdncred@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2021 14:00:29 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] add `temp-path` to `$nu` (#471)

---
 crates/nu-engine/src/eval.rs | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/crates/nu-engine/src/eval.rs b/crates/nu-engine/src/eval.rs
index d5353615e0..e2b6055686 100644
--- a/crates/nu-engine/src/eval.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-engine/src/eval.rs
@@ -552,6 +552,15 @@ pub fn eval_variable(
             }
         }
 
+        let temp = std::env::temp_dir();
+        if let Some(temp_path) = temp.to_str() {
+            output_cols.push("temp-path".into());
+            output_vals.push(Value::String {
+                val: temp_path.into(),
+                span,
+            })
+        }
+
         Ok(Value::Record {
             cols: output_cols,
             vals: output_vals,