[Midas] where to store "temp" files

[Michael Grauer]

You could also create a subdir of the temporary directory, which the
GlobalController has a method for, and all controllers inherit from:

getTempDirectory()



Thanks,
Mike

On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 12:35 PM, Zach Mullen <zach.mullen at kitware.com>wrote:

> The thumbnailcreator example is a good one of how we do it; we use a
> subdirectory of /data, and then make sure we clean up any temporary files
> after we are done.  As long as the server has appropriate permissions to
> write into the subdirectory, that should work fine.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Zach
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 12:30 PM, Mona Wong <mona at sdsc.edu> wrote:
>
>>
>>         My module needs to create some temporary files for the user.
>>  What's the best way to do this?  What's the best place to store them?
>>
>>         I see midas/data/ and I'm looking at the thumbnailcreator module
>> for an example.  Anything else I should be aware?
>>
>> thanks,
>> Mona
>>
>>
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