Which directory is the real location that `brew cask install` uses?

Question

Which directory is the real location that brew cask install uses?

I want to find the real location of app, not the symlink in /Application

Answer 1

Furthermore, apart from what @Subhash Bhushan explained, if you want to know where exactly a formula has been installed you can use the command info

brew cask info formula

For example for atom:

brew cask info atom

atom: 1.32.2 (auto_updates)
https://atom.io/
/usr/local/Caskroom/atom/1.32.2 (64B)
From: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask/blob/master/Casks/atom.rb
==> Name
Github Atom
==> Artifacts
Atom.app (App)
/Users/username/Applications/Atom.app/Contents/Resources/app/apm/bin/apm (Binary)
/Users/username/Applications/Atom.app/Contents/Resources/app/atom.sh -> atom (Binary)

In this example, the artifact is installed in ~/Appplications.