Hi! On Tue, Apr 05, 2011 at 07:15:32AM +0300, Shlomi Fish wrote:
> > My inclination is to use FIle::Temp to create a temporary directory to hold > > all the files and subdirectories I need and then clean this out when I'm > > done. I just didn't know if there was a different or better common practice > > in use by other module authors. > > > > File::Temp sounds like a good idea for that. ++ I usually controll the CLEANUP parameter via some ENV setting: my $cleanup = $ENV{NO_CLEANUP} ? 0 : 1; my $dir = tempdir(CLEANUP => $cleanup); If the test fails I can run it again: NO_CLEANUP=1 prove -vl t/test_using_temp_dir.t and take a look at the temp files created. -- #!/usr/bin/perl http://domm.plix.at for(ref bless{},just'another'perl'hacker){s-:+-$"-g&&print$_.$/}