BetterTempfile

In Ruby Tempfile is the best and reliable way to create tempfiles.

But when you do something like: file = Tempfile.new("file.txt") -> file.path is equal to /tmp/file.txt20181103-58381-d61l83 (you can see it's without extension). So this is a little problem.

This gem is adding a way to get proper extension for your Tempfile.

Just call BetterTempfile.new("file.txt") and you will get something like /tmp/file20181103-58381-d61l83.txt. It's useful when file extension is making a difference in your code.

gem 'better_tempfile'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install better_tempfile

Instead of Tempfile.new("file.txt") just call BetterTempfile.new("file.txt").

BetterTempfile is inherites from Tempfile so it has all methods of it, and you must work with it same way as with Tempfile (for example close and unlink).

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake spec to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

You are welcome to contribute.

PS: The idea is not new a code sample take from wicked_pdf.

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.