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Expand Up @@ -76,15 +76,6 @@ See [`npm cache`](/commands/npm-cache). Cache files are stored in `~/.npm` on P

This is controlled by the [`cache` config](/using-npm/config#cache) param.

#### Temp Files

Temporary files are stored by default in the folder specified by the
[`tmp` config](/using-npm/config#tmp), which defaults to the TMPDIR, TMP, or
TEMP environment variables, or `/tmp` on Unix and `c:\windows\temp` on Windows.

Temp files are given a unique folder under this root for each run of the
program, and are deleted upon successful exit.

### More Information

When installing locally, npm first tries to find an appropriate
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