On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 4:10 PM, Jens Rehsack <rehs...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Is there a reason not to tryout Win32 API function GetTempPath (
> https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa364992%28v=vs.85%29.aspx
> )?
> I dunno how File::Spec/File::Temp on Unix behaves tmp points to a
> non-writable directory (think r/o file-system).
>

Good point.  I think that's feasible if Win32::API is installed, which most
Win32 Perl's should have, IIRC.  As a further fallback, I think all Win32
Perl's ship with Win32.pm, which gives Win32::GetFolderPath.  Then
CSIDL_INTERNET_CACHE
looks like the best choice for temporary data.

David


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