diff --git a/code/nel/include/nel/misc/path.h b/code/nel/include/nel/misc/path.h
index 98896a216..f19050c90 100644
--- a/code/nel/include/nel/misc/path.h
+++ b/code/nel/include/nel/misc/path.h
@@ -224,6 +224,16 @@ public:
 	*/
 	std::string getWindowsDirectory();
 
+	/** Get application directory.
+	* \return directory where applications should write files.
+	*/
+	std::string getApplicationDirectory(const std::string &appName = "");
+
+	/** Get a temporary directory.
+	* \return temporary directory where applications should write files.
+	*/
+	std::string getTemporaryDirectory();
+
 private:
 
 	// All path in this vector must have a terminated '/'
@@ -506,6 +516,16 @@ public:
 	*/
 	static std::string getWindowsDirectory();
 
+	/** Get application directory.
+	* \return directory where applications should write files.
+	*/
+	static std::string getApplicationDirectory(const std::string &appName = "");
+
+	/** Get a temporary directory.
+	* \return temporary directory where applications should write files.
+	*/
+	static std::string getTemporaryDirectory();
+
 	// release singleton
 	static void releaseInstance();
 
@@ -700,11 +720,6 @@ struct CFile
 	*	Call this method to get a temporary output filename. If you have successfully saved your data, delete the old filename and move the new one.
 	*/
 	static void getTemporaryOutputFilename (const std::string &originalFilename, std::string &tempFilename);
-
-	/** Get application directory.
-	* \return directory where applications should write files.
-	*/
-	static std::string getApplicationDirectory(const std::string &appName = "");
 };
 
 } // NLMISC
diff --git a/code/nel/src/misc/path.cpp b/code/nel/src/misc/path.cpp
index 308b78af4..80911027b 100644
--- a/code/nel/src/misc/path.cpp
+++ b/code/nel/src/misc/path.cpp
@@ -1686,6 +1686,66 @@ std::string CFileContainer::getWindowsDirectory()
 #endif
 }
 
+std::string CPath::getApplicationDirectory(const std::string &appName)
+{
+	return getInstance()->_FileContainer.getApplicationDirectory(appName);
+}
+
+std::string CFileContainer::getApplicationDirectory(const std::string &appName)
+{
+	static std::string appPath;
+	if (appPath.empty())
+	{
+#ifdef NL_OS_WINDOWS
+		wchar_t buffer[MAX_PATH];
+		SHGetSpecialFolderPathW(NULL, buffer, CSIDL_APPDATA, TRUE);
+		appPath = CPath::standardizePath(ucstring((ucchar*)buffer).toUtf8());
+#else
+		appPath = CPath::standardizePath(getenv("HOME"));
+#endif
+	}
+
+	std::string path = appPath;
+#ifdef NL_OS_WINDOWS
+	if (!appName.empty())
+		path = CPath::standardizePath(path + appName);
+#else
+	if (!appName.empty())
+		path = CPath::standardizePath(path + "." + toLower(appName));
+#endif
+
+	return path;
+}
+
+std::string CPath::getTemporaryDirectory()
+{
+	return getInstance()->_FileContainer.getTemporaryDirectory();
+}
+
+std::string CFileContainer::getTemporaryDirectory()
+{
+	static std::string path;
+	if (path.empty())
+	{
+		char *tempDir = getenv("TEMP");
+
+		if (tempDir == NULL)
+			tempDir = getenv("TMP");
+
+#ifdef NL_OS_UNIX
+		if (tempDir == NULL)
+			tempDir = "/tmp";
+#else
+		if (tempDir == NULL)
+			tempDir = ".";
+#endif
+
+		path = CPath::standardizePath(tempDir);
+	}
+
+	return path;
+}
+
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -2470,30 +2530,4 @@ void CFile::getTemporaryOutputFilename (const std::string &originalFilename, std
 	while (CFile::isExists(tempFilename));
 }
 
-std::string CFile::getApplicationDirectory(const std::string &appName)
-{
-	static std::string appPath;
-	if (appPath.empty())
-	{
-#ifdef NL_OS_WINDOWS
-		wchar_t buffer[MAX_PATH];
-		SHGetSpecialFolderPathW(NULL, buffer, CSIDL_APPDATA, TRUE);
-		appPath = CPath::standardizePath(ucstring((ucchar*)buffer).toUtf8());
-#else
-		appPath = CPath::standardizePath(getenv("HOME"));
-#endif
-	}
-
-	std::string path = appPath;
-#ifdef NL_OS_WINDOWS
-	if (!appName.empty())
-		path = CPath::standardizePath(path + appName);
-#else
-	if (!appName.empty())
-		path = CPath::standardizePath(path + "." + toLower(appName));
-#endif
-
-	return path;
-}
-
 } // NLMISC
diff --git a/code/ryzom/client/src/client.cpp b/code/ryzom/client/src/client.cpp
index 1c31a2e7b..7d5ddeb34 100644
--- a/code/ryzom/client/src/client.cpp
+++ b/code/ryzom/client/src/client.cpp
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	// if client_default.cfg is not in current directory, use application default directory
 	if (!CFile::isExists("client_default.cfg"))
 	{
-		std::string currentPath = CFile::getApplicationDirectory("Ryzom");
+		std::string currentPath = CPath::getApplicationDirectory("Ryzom");
 
 		if (!CFile::isExists(currentPath)) CFile::createDirectory(currentPath);
 
diff --git a/code/ryzom/tools/client/client_patcher/main.cpp b/code/ryzom/tools/client/client_patcher/main.cpp
index 1c0affb9c..824ce093b 100644
--- a/code/ryzom/tools/client/client_patcher/main.cpp
+++ b/code/ryzom/tools/client/client_patcher/main.cpp
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ void printDownload(const std::string &str)
 	// add padding with spaces
 	memset(spaces, ' ', maxLength);
 	spaces[maxLength - length] = '\0';
-	
+
 	// display download in purple
 	if (useEsc)
 	{
@@ -150,8 +150,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	// init the Nel context
 	CApplicationContext appContext;
 
-	// create logs in TEMP directory
-	createDebug(getenv("TEMP"), true, true);
+	// create logs in temporary directory
+	createDebug(CPath::getTemporaryDirectory(), true, true);
 
 	// disable log display on stdout
 	INelContext::getInstance().getDebugLog()->removeDisplayer("DEFAULT_SD");
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	}
 #endif
 
-	// create or load client.cfg
+	// load client.cfg or client_default.cfg
 	ClientCfg.init(config);
 
 	// check if PatchServer is defined