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@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ <h2 id="logging-from-a-verticle">Logging from a Verticle</h2><br/>
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 <p>Which have the normal meanings you would expect.</p>
-<p>The log files by default go in a file called <code>vertx.log</code> in the system temp directory. On my Linux box this is <code>\tmp</code>.</p>
+<p>The log files by default go in a file called <code>vertx.log</code> in the system temp directory. On my Linux box this is <code>/tmp</code>.</p>
 <p>For more information on configuring logging, please see the <a href="manual.html#logging">main manual</a>.</p>
 <h2 id="accessing-environment-variables-from-a-verticle">Accessing environment variables from a Verticle</h2><br/>
 <p>You can access the map of environment variables from a Verticle with the <code>env()</code> method on the <code>container</code> object.</p>