Try writing your loop like this: 
for(my $i=0;$i<50;$i++)
{
  my $tmp = new File::Temp('DIR' => '/tmp', 'UNLINK' => 1);
  $SIG{INT} = sub { unlink "/tmp/".$tmp->filename; die };  ## <- add t
+his line
  sleep(1);
}

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Note that it's important to include the "die" call in the sub that gets assigned to $SIG{INT} -- otherwise, the script won't actually exit on ctrl-C.

(Update -- to explain: when you interrupt the script, this will generally be during the sleep call, and unless you declare a signal handler to catch that, the File::Temp module will never get the chance to do its normal clean-up.)

Another update -- check the perlipc docs, and your own system's manual regarding signals; you'll probably want to trap other things in addition to SIGINT (e.g. SIGTERM, which is what the shell "kill" command sends by default).

In reply to Re: File::Temp.. What am I missing? by graff
in thread File::Temp.. What am I missing? by devnul

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