When you close the Tempfile, be sure to pass true for unlink_now. http://ruby-doc.org/stdlib/libdoc/tempfile/rdoc/classes/Tempfile.html#M004418
On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 2:33 PM, Christian Fazzini <[email protected]> wrote: > In video controller, create action. I am using FFMPEG to generate a > thumbnail of videos that are uploaded. > > The tempfile is created as such: > > def create > ...... > dst = Tempfile.new(basename) > dst.binmode > > system("ffmpeg -itsoffset -4 -i #{file.path} -y -vcodec mjpeg - > vframes 1 -an -f rawvideo #{File.expand_path(dst.path)}.png") > .... > end > > > As you can see from above, ffmpeg outputs a file to the var dst which > is an instance of Tempfile. In console, when I do: > > ls /var/folders/uL/uL0bYOOZEZaJH5E+BmDJVE+++TI/-Tmp-/ > > thumb20101111-989-1gflwhr.png > thumb20101111-989-1pt72my.png > thumb20101111-989-kjcsgd.png > thumb20101111-989-3ocf15.png > thumb20101111-989-10azwnn.png > thumb20101111-989-7x11w7.png > > I see a bunch of files in the directory. It seems that rails did not > automatically delete these temp files. Should I manually delete these > files? > > I am worried that, if my temp dir fills up with temp files, it'll > eventually take up most of the server space... > > Your thoughts on this matter? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
