On Tue, Aug 31, 1999 at 02:52:46PM -0700, Ben Gertzfield <che@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Marc> Whats IMHO much _more_ important: the temp file must be
> Marc> unlinked when created, so gimp does no longer leave large
> Marc> unclaimed temporary files around.
>
> As long as the file isn't closed there shouldn't be a problem with the
> filesystem reclaiming the space.
On unix... It might be best to just try the unlink after creation and
ignore errors, then unlink it again after closing it.
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