diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 897825c826..19ace1f500 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -15,5 +15,7 @@ factor
 .gdb_history
 *.*.marks
 .*.swp
-reverse-complement-in.txt
-reverse-complement-out.txt
+temp
+logs
+work
+misc/wordsize
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9776027a59..60091d44ea 100755
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -45,7 +45,10 @@ DLL_OBJS = $(PLAF_DLL_OBJS) \
 
 EXE_OBJS = $(PLAF_EXE_OBJS)
 
-default:
+default: misc/wordsize
+	make `./misc/target`
+
+help:
 	@echo "Run 'make' with one of the following parameters:"
 	@echo ""
 	@echo "freebsd-x86-32"
@@ -158,6 +161,9 @@ factor: $(DLL_OBJS) $(EXE_OBJS)
 	$(CC) $(LIBS) $(LIBPATH) -L. $(LINK_WITH_ENGINE) \
 		$(CFLAGS) -o $@$(EXE_SUFFIX)$(EXE_EXTENSION) $(EXE_OBJS)
 
+misc/wordsize: misc/wordsize.c
+	gcc misc/wordsize.c -o misc/wordsize
+
 clean:
 	rm -f vm/*.o
 	rm -f factor*.dll libfactor*.*
diff --git a/core/io/files/files.factor b/core/io/files/files.factor
index 1824a47867..108ace4393 100755
--- a/core/io/files/files.factor
+++ b/core/io/files/files.factor
@@ -154,3 +154,11 @@ M: pathname <=> [ pathname-string ] compare ;
 
 : with-file-appender ( path quot -- )
     >r <file-appender> r> with-stream ; inline
+
+: temp-dir ( -- path )
+    "temp" resource-path
+    dup exists? not
+      [ dup make-directory ]
+    when ;
+
+: temp-file ( name -- path ) temp-dir swap path+ ;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core/io/streams/c/c-tests.factor b/core/io/streams/c/c-tests.factor
index 5ace929ceb..16b78c2192 100755
--- a/core/io/streams/c/c-tests.factor
+++ b/core/io/streams/c/c-tests.factor
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ USING: tools.test io.files io io.streams.c ;
 IN: temporary
 
 [ "hello world" ] [
-    "test.txt" resource-path [
+    "test.txt" temp-file [
         "hello world" write
     ] with-file-writer
 
-    "test.txt" resource-path "rb" fopen <c-reader> contents
+    "test.txt" temp-file "rb" fopen <c-reader> contents
 ] unit-test
diff --git a/cp_dir b/cp_dir
deleted file mode 100755
index 76c8a8f03b..0000000000
--- a/cp_dir
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-echo $1
-mkdir -p "`dirname \"$2\"`"
-cp "$1" "$2"
diff --git a/extra/benchmark/mandel/mandel.factor b/extra/benchmark/mandel/mandel.factor
index 230fb2f889..0da4785785 100755
--- a/extra/benchmark/mandel/mandel.factor
+++ b/extra/benchmark/mandel/mandel.factor
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ SYMBOL: cols
     ] with-scope ;
 
 : mandel-main ( -- )
-    "mandel.ppm" resource-path
+    "mandel.ppm" temp-file
     [ mandel write ] with-file-writer ;
 
 MAIN: mandel-main
diff --git a/extra/benchmark/raytracer/raytracer.factor b/extra/benchmark/raytracer/raytracer.factor
index 8f2badc95f..ddfd0ed6dd 100644
--- a/extra/benchmark/raytracer/raytracer.factor
+++ b/extra/benchmark/raytracer/raytracer.factor
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ DEFER: create ( level c r -- scene )
     ] "" make ;
 
 : raytracer-main
-    "raytracer.pnm" resource-path
+    "raytracer.pnm" temp-file
     [ run write ] with-file-writer ;
 
 MAIN: raytracer-main
diff --git a/extra/benchmark/reverse-complement/reverse-complement.factor b/extra/benchmark/reverse-complement/reverse-complement.factor
index 0771b756bf..cf4143d533 100755
--- a/extra/benchmark/reverse-complement/reverse-complement.factor
+++ b/extra/benchmark/reverse-complement/reverse-complement.factor
@@ -41,12 +41,10 @@ HINTS: do-line vector string ;
     ] with-disposal ;
 
 : reverse-complement-in
-    "extra/benchmark/reverse-complement/reverse-complement-in.txt"
-    resource-path ;
+    "reverse-complement-in.txt" temp-file ;
 
 : reverse-complement-out
-    "extra/benchmark/reverse-complement/reverse-complement-out.txt"
-    resource-path ;
+    "reverse-complement-out.txt" temp-file ;
 
 : reverse-complement-main ( -- )
     reverse-complement-in
diff --git a/extra/builder/util/util.factor b/extra/builder/util/util.factor
index 0e68cdbc0e..3d699d4ba8 100644
--- a/extra/builder/util/util.factor
+++ b/extra/builder/util/util.factor
@@ -98,4 +98,10 @@ USING: bootstrap.image bootstrap.image.download io.streams.null ;
 : cat-n ( file n -- )
   [ file-lines ] [ ] bi*
   maybe-tail*
-  [ print ] each ;
\ No newline at end of file
+  [ print ] each ;
+
+! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
+
+USE: prettyprint
+
+: to-file ( object file -- ) [ . ] with-file-writer ;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/extra/io/unix/unix-tests.factor b/extra/io/unix/unix-tests.factor
index 515077f22b..6eb0b78955 100755
--- a/extra/io/unix/unix-tests.factor
+++ b/extra/io/unix/unix-tests.factor
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ yield
     "unix-domain-datagram-test" resource-path delete-file
 ] ignore-errors
 
-: server-addr "unix-domain-datagram-test" resource-path <local> ;
-: client-addr "unix-domain-datagram-test-2" resource-path <local> ;
+: server-addr "unix-domain-datagram-test" temp-file <local> ;
+: client-addr "unix-domain-datagram-test-2" temp-file <local> ;
 
 [
     [
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ client-addr <datagram>
     "unix-domain-datagram-test-3" resource-path delete-file
 ] ignore-errors
 
-"unix-domain-datagram-test-2" resource-path delete-file
+"unix-domain-datagram-test-2" temp-file delete-file
 
 [ ] [ client-addr <datagram> "d" set ] unit-test
 
diff --git a/misc/target b/misc/target
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..e55032784b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/misc/target
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [ \( `uname -s` = Darwin \) -a \( `uname -p` = powerpc \) ]
+then
+  echo macosx-ppc
+elif [ `uname -s` = Darwin ]
+then
+  echo macosx-x86-`./misc/wordsize`
+elif [ \( `uname -s` = Linux \) -a \( `uname -m` = i686 \) ]
+then
+  echo linux-x86-`./misc/wordsize`
+elif [ \( `uname -o` = Cygwin \) -a \( `uname -m` = i686 \) ]
+then
+  echo winnt-x86-`./misc/wordsize`
+else
+  echo help
+fi
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/misc/wordsize.c b/misc/wordsize.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a0e7d0b9c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/misc/wordsize.c
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+int main ()
+{
+  printf("%d", 8*sizeof(void*));
+  return 0;
+}