AW: where do I find the temp folder on a Mac?

[Thomas McGrath III]

Tiemo,

This is a good reason to 'see' it but normally it is not acceptable  
for most Mac users to reveal/show the hidden folders etc. I don't know  
if that will effect the permissions on those folders either. I am  
always having to clean up permissions and this will usually reset the  
hidden nature of these folders.

Tom McGrath III
Lazy River Software
3mcgrath at comcast.net

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On Nov 18, 2008, at 10:03 AM, Tiemo Hollmann TB wrote:

> Hi Dave and Klaus,
> enlightning :) I found my temp as you described under 1.
> Why I wanted to find it? Because I write some stuff into it (which  
> is being
> deleted after program end) and I wanted to SEE (with my eyes:), if I  
> wrote
> it to the right place.
> Thanks Tiemo
>
>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>> Von: use-revolution-bounces at lists.runrev.com [mailto:use-revolution-
>> bounces at lists.runrev.com] Im Auftrag von Klaus Major
>> Gesendet: Dienstag, 18. November 2008 15:45
>> An: How to use Revolution
>> Betreff: Re: where do I find the temp folder on a Mac?
>>
>> Hi Tiemo Hollmann,
>>
>>> Beeing not a Mac guy, I don't know where I find the temp folder on a
>>> Mac. I
>>> used the specialfolderpath("temp") and according to Kens website
>>> (@Eric: I
>>> used the docs!) it is supposed to be: /private/tmp/501/Temporary
>>> Items, but
>>> I don't see it. Actually I don't even find the "private" path. Is it
>>> hidden,
>>> and if yes, how to show it?
>>
>> obviously there are more than ONE temp folder on OS X and they may be
>> even
>> different on other machines!
>>
>> 1.
>> put specialfolderpath("temp") -> /Users/klaus/Library/Caches/
>> TemporaryItems
>>
>> BUT:
>> 2.
>> put the tempname -> /private/var/folders/lK/lKjzn8FMEkS6hmXTm6HEDE++
>> +TQ/TemporaryItems/tmp0
>>
>> VERY cryptic = geeky :-)
>>
>> Why do you wan to "find" these folders?
>> Do you really want to check them in the Finder?
>>
>> The easiest way to "go" there would be to simply uzse Rev to open
>> these folders :-)
>> Put this into the message box
>> ...
>> launch document specialfolderpath("temp")
>> ...
>>
>> OR
>> set itemdel to "/";launch document (item 1 to -2 of the tempname)
>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Tiemo
>>
>> Best
>>
>> Klaus Major
>> klaus at major-k.de
>> http://www.major-k.de
>>
>>
>>
>> P.S.
>> Regarding your last post:
>> ...
>> Oh boy, shame on me ;(...
>> ...
>>
>> You know what to do?!!!
>>
>> And this is the text you should HANDwrite 200 times:
>> I will use Erics merveillieux Revolution Search Engine the next time!
>>
>> :-D
>>