Hi Christian, Not by the end of the day, no. Each tempfile will be unlinked as soon as you close it. Your example code didn't have the line
> dst.close(unlink_now=true) in it. You may also use dst.close!() to the same effect. -- Brian On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 2:49 PM, Christian Fazzini <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Brian, > > Just to keep things clear. By the end of the day, /var/folders/uL/ > uL0bYOOZEZaJH5E+BmDJVE+++TI/-Tmp-/ <-- temp dir _IS_ supposed to be > empty. Is this correct? > > On Nov 12, 3:35 am, Brian Troutwine <[email protected]> wrote: >> When you close the Tempfile, be sure to pass true for unlink_now. >> >> http://ruby-doc.org/stdlib/libdoc/tempfile/rdoc/classes/Tempfile.html... >> >> 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 >> > athttp://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. > > -- 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.
