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Created January 19, 2012 22:53
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Using ObjectSpace.define_finalizer
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finalizer.rb
class Source
def initialize(source_zip)
@tmp_dir = Dir.mktmpdir
ObjectSpace.define_finalizer(self, self.class.finalize(@tmp_dir))
# Dump contents of zip into tmp dir
end
def self.finalize(tmp_dir)
proc {FileUtils.rm_rf(tmp_dir)}
end
end
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