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I may have spoken too soon.
File::Symlink::Atomic appears to be pretty close to solving much of my needs.
If I could add the UNLINK feature of File::Temp to this, I'd be set!

--chris

#!/usr/bin/perl -Tw
use perl::always;
my $perl_version = "5.12.4";
print $perl_version;
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Re^6: Ultimate anti-leech, anti-proxy, anti-bot, CAPTCHA works, link does not (code included)
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Apr 21, 2013 at 07:24 UTC
    If I could add the UNLINK feature of File::Temp to this, I'd be set!

    Just one thought.

    If you've ever had a long download interrupted just before it completes, and then discovered that the link became immediately invalid as soon as the download was interrupted thus preventing you from just completing the partial download and forcing you to start the whole process over from scratch, you might consider your users and abandon that idea.

    I remember having to restart a 400MB download from IBM, 8 times before it completed properly. Given I was using a 56kb modem and it always seemed to get to around the 350MB mark before aborting, it was intensely frustrating.

    With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday'
    Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.
    "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".
    In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.
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      I remember having to restart ...

      I've been there, but a lot of the good anti-leech ... will let you resume with a new link, well using wget anyway (since it does its bytes/range getting based on filename/filesize, not url)

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        but a lot of the good anti-leech ... will let you resume

        Did you read the bit I quoted?

        I wasn't suggesting the OP should drop anti-leaching; just his notion to have the temporary file or link disappear as soon as the script ends.

        With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday'
        Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.
        "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".
        In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.
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