From aed1c385c5a5a18bcfd164d0ee99eb5ff1e292b1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Helmut Merz <helmutm@cy55.de>
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:58:33 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] allow setting of var directory via application startup code

---
 util.py | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/util.py b/util.py
index 45e13a8..9d7e46a 100644
--- a/util.py
+++ b/util.py
@@ -112,8 +112,12 @@ def getObjectsForUids(uids, adapt=True):
     return [obj for obj in result if obj is not None]
 
 
+varDirectory = None
+
 def getVarDirectory(request=None):
-    varDir = None
+    varDir = varDirectory
+    if varDir is not None:
+        return varDir
     if request is not None:
         pub = request.publication
         if pub is not None: