Suggestion: about temporary file

Currently, after running selected code in Code Runner, it leaves a temporary file with the name set in code-runner.temporaryFileName in working dir. If we don’t need that any more, we have to remove it manually. What about adding a setting about whether the temporary file would be removed automatically after running?

[mil1i]

It is not deleting the temp files for me whether it is run in Output or Terminal. They always persist. Doesn’t matter which language either.

In order for them to delete, I must use the mappings like above with a ‘rm tempCodeRunnerFile.<ext>’ command at the end.

[filipesilva]

For those interested, this is how my executorMap looks like for the languages I use:

  "code-runner.executorMap": {
    "javascript": "node $fullFileName && rm -f $dirWithoutTrailingSlash\\\\tempCodeRunnerFile.js",
    "typescript": "ts-node $fullFileName && rm -f $dirWithoutTrailingSlash\\\\tempCodeRunnerFile.cljs",
    "clojure": "lumo $fullFileName && rm -f $dirWithoutTrailingSlash\\\\tempCodeRunnerFile.cljs",
  },

Notes:

• I am on Windows, using GitBash, and running on terminal.
• the -f flag is needed to prevent rm: cannot remove 'path/here': No such file or directory when running the real file (without a selection).
• using $dirWithoutTrailingSlash is needed because the path is surrounded by quotes and the final slash on windows will escape the quote.
• double escaped slashes (\\\\) are needed otherwise it will end up as \tempCodeRunnerFile, and \t means escape t.
• will not delete the file if code execution fails.

It works but there are a few things to keep in mind when doing it manually.