[OS X TeX] latexit issues

[Charilaos Skiadas]

But why is it generating this directory under /var instead of under / 
tmp, which seems to me would be the proper place?

On Jun 15, 2008, at 11:21 AM, David Watson wrote:

> That is normal behavior; the script is generating a temporary  
> directory in order to do its work.
>
> On Jun 15, 2008, at 10:12 AM, Jan Anderssen wrote:
>> i also noticed that one of the environment variables that's set  
>> here is:
>>
>> TMPDIR=/var/folders/Er/ErMXeTzaFxyj9Nbt1EHATk+++TM/-Tmp-/
>>
>> i have no idea where that's coming from - presumably from the  
>> operating system - but it seems to be missing for you. maybe  
>> that's something that could lead somewhere?

Haris Skiadas
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
Hanover College