
Previously, the default temporary directory was /tmp on Linux and /private/tmp on macOS. On many Linux distros, including at least Fedora, /tmp is stored in RAM. This diverges from the behavior on macOS and has led to bugs, most notably the inability to install large bottles on memory-limited machines.
Manual Pages
This directory contains the generated Homebrew man pages from the brew generate-man-completions
command. This command creates the output from the CLI::Parser
definitions in files, sections extracted from the repository's README.md
and brew.1.md.erb
.