Add comment about case where autosave can fail on Windows.

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/source/blender/windowmanager/intern/wm_files.c b/source/blender/windowmanager/intern/wm_files.c
index 89b8267bb05..fc7bf9b79c7 100644
--- a/source/blender/windowmanager/intern/wm_files.c
+++ b/source/blender/windowmanager/intern/wm_files.c
@@ -689,6 +689,14 @@ void wm_autosave_location(char *filename)
 	sprintf(pidstr, "%d.blend", abs(getpid()));
 	
 #ifdef WIN32
+	// XXX Need to investigate how to handle default location of '/tmp/'
+	// This is a relative directory on Windows, and it may be
+	// found. Example:
+	// Blender installed on D:\ drive, D:\ drive has D:\tmp\
+	// Now, BLI_exists() will find '/tmp/' exists, but
+	// BLI_make_file_string will create string that has it most likely on C:\
+	// through get_default_root().
+	// If there is no C:\tmp autosave fails.
 	if (!BLI_exists(U.tempdir)) {
 		savedir = BLI_get_folder_create(BLENDER_USER_AUTOSAVE, NULL);
 		BLI_make_file_string("/", filename, savedir, pidstr);