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Folder /tmp/magento found but not used in n98-magerun

The message indicates, that n98-magerun found a folder on your system which is usually used by Magento, if the configured var folder could not be accessed.

When n98-magerun was executes certain commands, also a Magento instance is initialized. But this instance uses another var folder, as indicated.

In the result cache clearing might not effect your website, as magerun is using a different folder.'));

If this is the case, make sure that your webserver can access the configured var folder.

How to check if there is really a problem

If you are on a developer system, just delete /tmp/magento, open your Magento website and see if the folder is created again.