tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5638372.post2610762788012130677..comments2023-10-10T05:22:56.347-05:00Comments on binkley's BLOG: Good temporary files in AntBrian Oxleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06617364377560752378noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5638372.post-88468142519515468772007-04-17T06:00:00.000-05:002007-04-17T06:00:00.000-05:00Agreed.What I would likely do is actually make a d...Agreed.<BR/><BR/>What I would likely do is actually make a directory underneath java.io.tmpdir and use that.<BR/><BR/>Of course, in shell I have mktemp available for that task (or in C/C++ as well) which handles race condition issues, etc.Brian Oxleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06617364377560752378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5638372.post-57580015574786881132007-04-16T22:48:00.000-05:002007-04-16T22:48:00.000-05:00Well... it would be nice if your "clean" target (o...Well... it would be nice if your "clean" target (or whatever) also deleted any temporary files that were created via your build, and that's something that's more easily done if you use a location that you can just mass-delete on clean (which java.io.tmpdir is not).Brian Duffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15591692569924908268noreply@blogger.com