[Midas] where to store "temp" files

[Zach Mullen]

This is an even better suggestion :)

On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 12:46 PM, Michael Grauer
<michael.grauer at kitware.com>wrote:

> 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
>>>
>>>
>>> *********************************************
>>>     Mona Wong
>>>     Web & iPad Application Developer
>>>     San Diego Supercomputer Center
>>>
>>>     "Forgive everyone everything."
>>>                                 -- Regina Brett
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>> Kitware Inc.
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> Thanks,
> Michael Grauer
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Zach Mullen
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