Whether or not any directories on the system have old files removed periodically depends on the system's configuration, or if you haven't configured it, its defaults. So the first thing to do is poke around inside your system's documentation and/or cron configuration and see if it's already cleaning anything. If not, set it up to automatically clean /tmp, then write your files there.

File::Temp is a useful way to create tempfiles, but you'll still have to figure out how to get them cleaned up.

Also, it's best if you can clean them up yourself, and only leave them lying around in the rare case that your program crashes. Things like END blocks are useful places for this sort of cleanup.

In reply to Re: (OT) place on linux box to safely create tons of temp junk??? by sgifford
in thread (OT) place on linux box to safely create tons of temp junk??? by leocharre

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