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edx-platform/common/lib/tempdir.py

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"""Make temporary directories nicely."""
import atexit
import os.path
import shutil
import tempfile
def mkdtemp_clean(suffix="", prefix="tmp", dir=None):
"""Just like mkdtemp, but the directory will be deleted when the process ends."""
the_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp(suffix=suffix, prefix=prefix, dir=dir)
atexit.register(cleanup_tempdir, the_dir)
return the_dir
def cleanup_tempdir(the_dir):
"""Called on process exit to remove a temp directory."""
if os.path.exists(the_dir):
shutil.rmtree(the_dir)