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Not sure about the historical reason, but OS X always “reorganized” the typical Unix structure. tmp/tmp is not the only thing that goes to /private/private, it also has /etc/etc and /var/var.

Maybe someone with more OS X background can come up with something more reasonable.

Not sure about the historical reason, but OS X always “reorganized” the typical Unix structure. tmp is not the only thing that goes to /private, it also has /etc and /var.

Maybe someone with more OS X background can come up with something more reasonable.

Not sure about the historical reason, but OS X always “reorganized” the typical Unix structure. /tmp is not the only thing that goes to /private, it also has /etc and /var.

Maybe someone with more OS X background can come up with something more reasonable.

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Martin Marconcini

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Not sure about the historical reason, but OS X always “reorganized” the typical Unix structure. tmp is not the only thing that goes to /private, it also has /etc and /var.

Maybe someone with more OS X background can come up with something more reasonable.