destroy

Destructor for File::Temp objects — removes the underlying file when UNLINK is set and $File::Temp::KEEP_ALL is false.

Synopsis

{
    my $tmp = File::Temp->new;  # UNLINK => 1 by default
}  # DESTROY runs here; file is unlinked

What you get back

Nothing — this is a destructor invoked by the runtime when the last reference drops. It is rare to call it directly.

Edge cases

• $File::Temp::KEEP_ALL = 1 suppresses all file removal.

• Files not registered with cleanup tracking are left on disk.

Differences from upstream

Fully compatible with upstream File::Temp 0.2312.

See also

• unlink_on_destroy — per-object opt-out for the removal behavior.

• cleanup — explicit cleanup of all registered temp entries.