2008 April 28 | LINUX ADMINISTRATION NOTES & CODE SNIPPETS

Perl script code example to create temporary file-tempfile()

Posted on April 28th, 2008 by linux

Here is a perl script example how to create temporary file on the file system:
TEMPLATE DIR AND SUFIX are option !

#!/usr/bin/perl
my $tempfile = new File::Temp ( TEMPLATE => ‘tempfile_XXX’, DIR => ‘/tmp/’, SUFIX => ” );

this will create a temporary file in /tmp/ directory with name tempfile_XXX where X is random generated character.

Posted on April 28th, 2008 by linux

Here is a perl script example how to create temporary directory on the file system:

#!/usr/bin/perl
use File::Temp qw/ tempdir /;
my $perl_temporary_directory = tempdir();