def tmppath(path=None, include_unix_username=True):
    """
    @param path: target path for which it is needed to generate temporary location
    @type path: str
    @type include_unix_username: bool
    @rtype: str

    Note that include_unix_username might work on windows too.
    """
    addon = "luigitemp-%08d" % random.randrange(1e9)
    temp_dir = '/tmp'  # default tmp dir if none is specified in config

    # 1. Figure out to which temporary directory to place
    configured_hdfs_tmp_dir = hdfs().tmp_dir
    if configured_hdfs_tmp_dir is not None:
        # config is superior
        base_dir = configured_hdfs_tmp_dir
    elif path is not None:
        # need to copy correct schema and network location
        parsed = urlparse(path)
        base_dir = urlunparse((parsed.scheme, parsed.netloc, temp_dir, '', '', ''))
    else:
        # just system temporary directory
        base_dir = temp_dir

    # 2. Figure out what to place
    if path is not None:
        if path.startswith(temp_dir + '/'):
            # Not 100%, but some protection from directories like /tmp/tmp/file
            subdir = path[len(temp_dir):]
        else:
            # Protection from /tmp/hdfs:/dir/file
            parsed = urlparse(path)
            subdir = parsed.path
        subdir = subdir.lstrip('/') + '-'
    else:
        # just return any random temporary location
        subdir = ''

    if include_unix_username:
        subdir = os.path.join(getpass.getuser(), subdir)

    return os.path.join(base_dir, subdir + addon)