Use /var/tmp for the cached appliance (for FHS compliance).

[libguestfs.git] / fish / guestfish.pod

diff --git a/fish/guestfish.pod b/fish/guestfish.pod
index 5ec6689..0f318f0 100644 (file)
--- a/fish/guestfish.pod
+++ b/fish/guestfish.pod
@@ -1052,12 +1052,13 @@ set, it uses C<more>.
 
 =item TMPDIR
 
-Location of temporary directory, defaults to C</tmp>.
+Location of temporary directory, defaults to C</tmp> except for the
+cached supermin appliance which defaults to C</var/tmp>.
 
 If libguestfs was compiled to use the supermin appliance then the
 real appliance is cached in this directory, shared between all
 handles belonging to the same EUID.  You can use C<$TMPDIR> to
-configure another directory to use in case C</tmp> is not large
+configure another directory to use in case C</var/tmp> is not large
 enough.
 
 =back