API:EPrints/TempDir

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NAME

EPrints::TempDir - Create temporary directories that can automatically be removed

SYNOPSIS

 use EPrints::TempDir;
 
 my $dir = EPrints::TempDir->new(
   TEMPLATE => 'tempXXXXX',
   DIR => 'mydir',
   UNLINK => 1);
 
 opendir DIR, "$dir"; # Stringifies object
 

DESCRIPTION

This module is basically a clone of File::Temp, but provides an object-interface to directory creation. When the object goes out of scope (and UNLINK is specified) the directory will automatically get removed.

METHODS

new

 EPrints::TempDir->new()

Create a temporary directory (see File::Temp::tempdir for a description of the arguments);