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Update docs about tempdirs 

Help people who might want to reduce the number of temporary directories kept. #9599
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@ -121,6 +121,10 @@ the system temporary directory. The base name will be ``pytest-NUM`` where
``NUM`` will be incremented with each test run. Moreover, entries older
than 3 temporary directories will be removed.
The number of entries currently cannot be changed, but using the ``--basetemp``
option will remove the directory before every run. Effectively meaning the tempfiles
of only the most recent run will be kept.
You can override the default temporary directory setting like this:
.. code-block:: bash