location of temporary files in linux
 

today i was viewing a video in youtube
as u all know videos are temporarily saved in the temp folder in widows
(eg C:\Documents And Settings\<home directory>\temp\<youtube_temp_video_file>)

my question is
in linux while i watch online video streaming it gets temporarily saved in some kind of temporary directory....
where is that folder situated???

Try installing cache viewer in firefox, this will help you find temporary files:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2489

It will also list where you have stored the temporary files, in your home folder.

Usually in /tmp. While the video is playing, it will be saved as /tmp/FlashXXXXXX, where XXXXXX is a random string. Once you close the web page the temporary file has gone.

thanx guys...

It's stored in /tmp as well, something called Flash?????. ? = number or letter

More generally, Linux systems use /tmp, which is symlinked to /usr/tmp/, for storing temporary files that can be safely cleared when the system is rebooted. /var/tmp is used for temporary files that must persist between reboots (but may still be safely deleted if they are not accessed for a period of time).