Merge pull request #3393 from architecture-building-systems/3391-temp…

…-directory

Use temp directory created by python

cea/inputlocator.py

@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ def __init__(self, scenario, plugins=None):
         self._wrap_locator_methods(plugins)
         self.plugins = plugins
 
+        self._temp_directory = None
+
     def __getstate__(self):
         """Make sure we can pickle an InputLocator..."""
         return {
@@ -1107,7 +1109,9 @@ def get_timeseries_plots_file(self, building, category=''):
     # OTHER
     def get_temporary_folder(self):
         """Temporary folder as returned by `tempfile`."""
-        return tempfile.gettempdir()
+        if self._temp_directory is None:
+            self._temp_directory = tempfile.TemporaryDirectory()
+        return self._temp_directory.name
 
     def get_temporary_file(self, filename):
         """Returns the path to a file in the temporary folder with the name `filename`"""