> The method returns a {normalized, right-slashed, absolute} pathname, but it also creates the temporary directory. Maybe I am odd, but I expected to be given a string and then create the directory with that pathname myself!

The behaviour is documented under tempfile, tempdir, albeit in the style I don't like: it just tells you to read the documentation of something else:

tempdir is just like tempfile, except it calls File::Temp->newdir instead.

And if we follow the link to File::Temp::newdir, we can read:

Create a temporary directory using an object oriented interface.

Careful reading of both the documents is needed to understand all the details. If your program is security sensitive, read the notes on security and understand them.

Update: added a link to the quoted documentation.

map{substr$_->[0],$_->[1]||0,1}[\*||{},3],[[]],[ref qr-1,-,-1],[{}],[sub{}^*ARGV,3]

In reply to Re: Temp directories and the surprise creation thereof by choroba
in thread Temp directories and the surprise creation thereof by Intrepid

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