Description

The file-temp library is an alternate way to handle tempfile generation.

Synopsis

   
   require 'file/temp'

   fh = FileTemp.new
   fh.puts "hello"
   fh.close # => Tempfile automatically deleted

   fh = FileTemp.new(false)
   fh.puts "world"
   fh.close # => Tempfile still on your filesystem
   

Installation

Standard Installation

rake test (optional)
rake install

Gem Installation

rake test (optional)
rake gem_install

Motivation

Ruby's tempfile.rb is overwrought and susceptible to race conditions. This This library uses your system's native tmpfile() or mkstemp() functions instead of trying to handle race conditions manually via pure Ruby.

Other libraries

I am aware of Cian Synnott's ruby-stemp project. However, I don't like the interface, it's GNU-centric (which causes portability issues), and Cian has disabled all the trackers and mailing lists on the RubyForge project site, as well as online SCM access. So, if he doesn't want feedback, I'm not going to waste time with it.

Future Plans

I plan on adding a pure Ruby version for MS Windows eventually.

License

Ruby's

Copyright

(C) 2007 Daniel J. Berger
All Rights Reserved

Warranty

This package is provided "as is" and without any exblockquotess or implied warranties, including, without limitation, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose.

Author

Daniel J. Berger
djberg96 at gmail dot com

See also

tmpfile(), mkstemp(), tmpnam()