ASP.NET Schedule deletion of temporary files

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Question: I have an ASP.NET application which creates temporary PDF files (for the user to download). Now, many users over many days can create many PDFs, which take much di

Answer 1

I sort of agree with whats said in the answer by dirk.

The idea being that the temp folder in which you drop the files to is a fixed known location however i differ slightly ...

1. Each time a file is created add the filename to a list in the session object (assuming there isn't thousands, if there is when this list hits a given cap do the next bit)

2. when the session ends the Session_End event should be raised in global.asax should be raised. Iterate all the files in the list and remove them.