VCP::RefCountedFile(3p)

NAME
VCP::RefCountedFile - An object that deletes a named file when nothing refers to it any more.

SYNOPSIS
   use VCP::RefCountedFile;

   {
      my $fn = VCP::RefCountedFile->new( "/path/to/name" );
      print $fn;
   }  ## "name" is deleted here.

DESCRIPTION
An object that mimics a string, but which refers to a file and deletes the file when the last reference to the file via such objects disappears.

SUBCLASSING
This class is a bless scalar.

COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2000, Perforce Software, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

This module and the VCP package are licensed according to the terms given in the file LICENSE accompanying this distribution, a copy of which is included in vcp.

AUTHOR
Barrie Slaymaker <barries@slaysys.com>