NAME
File::Util::Tempdir - Cross-platform way to get system-wide & user
private temporary directory
VERSION
This document describes version 0.034 of File::Util::Tempdir (from Perl
distribution File-Util-Tempdir), released on 2018-09-22.
SYNOPSIS
use File::Util::Tempdir qw(get_tempdir get_user_tempdir);
my $tmpdir = get_tempdir(); # => e.g. "/tmp"
my $mytmpdir = get_user_tempdir(); # => e.g. "/run/user/1000", or "/tmp/1000"
DESCRIPTION
FUNCTIONS
None are exported by default, but they are exportable.
get_tempdir
Usage:
my $dir = get_tempdir();
A cross-platform way to get system-wide temporary directory.
On Windows: it first looks for one of these environment variables in
this order and return the first value that is set: "TMP", "TEMP",
"TMPDIR", "TEMPDIR". If none are set, will look at these directories in
this order and return the first value that is set: "C:\TMP", "C:\TEMP".
If none are set, will die.
On Unix: it first looks for one of these environment variables in this
order and return the first value that is set: "TMPDIR", "TEMPDIR",
"TMP", "TEMP". If none are set, will look at these directories in this
order and return the first value that is set: "/tmp", "/var/tmp". If
none are set, will die.
get_user_tempdir
Usage:
my $dir = get_user_tempdir();
Get user's private temporary directory.
When you use world-writable temporary directory like /tmp, you usually
need to create randomly named temporary files, such as those created by
File::Temp. If you try to create a temporary file with guessable name,
other users can intercept this and you can either: 1) fail to
create/write your temporary file; 2) be tricked to read malicious data;
3) be tricked to write to other location (e.g. via symlink).
This routine is like "get_tempdir" except: on Unix, it will look for
"XDG_RUNTIME_DIR" first (which on a Linux system with systemd will have
value like "/run/user/1000" which points to a RAM-based tmpfs). Also,
"get_user_tempdir" will first check that the temporary directory is: 1)
owned by the running user; 2) not group- and world-writable. If not, it
will create a subdirectory named $EUID ($>) with permission mode 0700
and return that. If that subdirectory already exists and is not owned by
the user or is group-/world-writable, will try "$EUID.1" and so on.
It will die on failure.
HOMEPAGE
Please visit the project's homepage at
<https://metacpan.org/release/File-Util-Tempdir>.
SOURCE
Source repository is at
<https://github.com/perlancar/perl-File-Util-Tempdir>.
BUGS
Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website
<https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=File-Util-Tempdir>
When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch
to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature.
SEE ALSO
File::Spec has "tmpdir" function. It also tries to look at environment
variables, e.g. on Unix it will look at "TMPDIR" (but not "TEMPDIR") and
then falls back to "/tmp" (but not "/var/tmp").
File::HomeDir, a cross-platform way to get user's home directory and a
few other related directories.
File::Temp to create a temporary directory.
<https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest
.html> for the specification of "XDG_RUNTIME_DIR".
AUTHOR
perlancar <perlancar@cpan.org>
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is copyright (c) 2018, 2016 by perlancar@cpan.org.
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.