certain time are usually automatically
deleted. If applications find the
environment variable
- <varname>$TMP</varname> set they
+ <varname>$TMPDIR</varname> set they
should prefer using the directory
specified in it over directly
referencing
- <filename>/tmp</filename>.</para></listitem>
+ <filename>/tmp</filename> (see <citerefentry><refentrytitle>environ</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry> for details).</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
or similar calls should be used to
make use of this directory. If
applications find the environment
- variable <varname>$TMP</varname> set
- they should prefer using the directory
- specified in it over directly
- referencing
- <filename>/var/tmp</filename>.
+ variable <varname>$TMPDIR</varname>
+ set they should prefer using the
+ directory specified in it over
+ directly referencing
+ <filename>/var/tmp</filename> (see <citerefentry><refentrytitle>environ</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry> for details).
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>