> I thought /var/tmp is for applications while /tmp is for the user.
/tmp is for stuff that is 'absolutely' temporary, in that on many/most systems it is nuked between reboots. /var/tmp is 'relatively' temporary in that applications can put stuff there that they're working on, but if there is a crash, the contents are not deleted and can be recovered across reboots.
/tmp is for stuff that is 'absolutely' temporary, in that on many/most systems it is nuked between reboots. /var/tmp is 'relatively' temporary in that applications can put stuff there that they're working on, but if there is a crash, the contents are not deleted and can be recovered across reboots.