NAME

File::Temp

SYNOPSIS

# Generate a temp file in a temp dir
my ($filename,$filehandle) = tempfile;

# specify a template for the filename
#  * are replaced with random characters
my ($filename,$filehandle) = tempfile("******");

# Automatically unlink files at DESTROY (this is the default)
my ($filename,$filehandle) = tempfile("******", :unlink);

# Specify the directory where the tempfile will be created
my ($filename,$filehandle) = tempfile(:tempdir("/path/to/my/dir"));

# don't unlink this one
my ($filename,$filehandle) = tempfile(:tempdir('.'), :!unlink);

# specify a prefix and suffix for the filename
my ($filename,$filehandle) = tempfile(:prefix('foo'), :suffix(".txt"));

DESCRIPTION

This module exports two routines:

• tempfile creates a temporary file and returns a filehandle to that file opened for writing and the filename of that temporary file

• tempdir creates a temporary directory and returns the directory name.

AUTHOR

Jonathan Scott Duff duff@pobox.com