[CLIMATE-964] tmp file location is broken on Windows for the simple_model_to_model_bias example

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.3.0
• Fix Version/s: 1.4.0
• Component/s: examples
• Labels: windows

Environment

Windows

Python 3.6.6

• Assignee: Lewis John McGibbney
• Reporter: Mark Schnitzer
• Created: 22/Jan/19 09:24
• Updated: 01/Feb/19 18:52
• Resolved: 30/Jan/19 04:34

Description

The fix for CLIMATE 603 (https://github.com/markschn/climate/commit/75f8df695a17e0e13d40c1d1d8870ff6cf0a1ea2#diff-329d2a0265d3149483943c7713b5afe7) prepended /tmp to the file location for the temporary files being used in the example simple_model_to_model_bias.py.  This works in Linux but results in an error when running the sample in Windows.  This is unfortunate because it was the suggested example to try to get started with Open Climate Workbench.

tempfile.gettempdir() can be used to get the optimal tmp directory regardless of operating system.