"Langa F. Kentane" wrote:
> Greetings,
> How would I go about shredding a file with perl, for instance, I have a
> script opening a time file, writing something in there and then deleting
> the
> temp file when execution is done. How would I go about securely deleting
> the
> temp file afterwards so that prying eyes can't read it afterwards?
I am not sure I understand the question correctly, do you want to
delete the file only when the execution finishes. If so add this to
your code
END {
unlink ($your_temp_file) or "Error statement : $!\n";
}
This block will only be executed when the code execution
finishes.
>
>
> Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Regards
>
> LK
>
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