From: Kaspar Schiess <eule@...>
Date: 2013-01-07T18:39:25+09:00
Subject: Re: Keep temporary files

> It seems that Tempfile object doesn't provide any way to do that. Would
> you think it could a possible enhancement?
> 
> I am surprised to not find any other thread about this limitation on
> google...
> 

You can use the extra argument to Tempfile#close to keep tempfiles
around until the object is GCed.

http://ruby-doc.org/stdlib-1.9.3/libdoc/tempfile/rdoc/Tempfile.html#method-i-close

If you want to keep temp files forever, you will have to look at the
advice already given elsewhere in this thread.

greetings,
kaspar