dynamically generating temporary files through python/cgi

[Steve Holden]

poisondart wrote:
> Is there a way to dynamically generate temporary files (such as an
> html, xml or text file) in Python?
> 
> I'm not sure if I'm explaining myself clearly as I've no clue how to
> describe this mechanism. I've seen it on certain websites that will
> generate a file under certain parameters (through forms) that will
> dissapear (i.e. delete itself) after a specified amount of time. These
> files usually have some phony string for their filenames...like it's
> been md5 hashed or something.
> 
> Is there a group of library functions that allow this? I imagine that
> if i manually go and allocate a bunch of timers to monitor files, it
> would be really expensive in load. Or perhaps is this a client-side
> mechanism?
> 
> Thanks,
> - poisondart
> 
Typically such functionality would be provided by having the server 
periodically run a task to delete files from the temporary directory 
whose age exceeds a given value.

regards
  Steve
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