Path folder for linux pdf temp files

Question

After every time I open and read a PDF, I lose disk space (somewhere between 50mb and 800mb) , depending on the PDF size and how much I read from it.

Where does Atril save temporary files?

Answer 1

Where does 'atril document viewer' save temporary files?

They are in /tmp, according to the discussion at Tmp folder filling up - Support & Help Requests - Ubuntu MATE Community.

In that thread someone has given the following explanation for the issue:

When you open an epub file with Atril, it is unpacked into individual files into a randomly named folder called /tmp/atril-xxxx.

Note that if you close Atril and reopen the same file again, Atril creates another folder in /tmp each time, with identical contents.

Now for the thumbnailer: this one is triggered only if you open a folder in Caja that is set to icon view.

If you do, then each epub in that folder is unpacked into /tmp/atril-thumbnailer-xxxx.

It appears to be a bug in Atril.