This file contains the results of the File::Temp benchmark script by File::Temp version, perl version and OS. On Windows NT, currently have problems with this benchmark since it runs into a file limit after a while (this is because unlinking of the open file is deferred until the end of the program rather than closing it and unlinking it explcitly round the loop). Times are in CPU seconds. VERSION PERL OS File::Temp/s IO::File/s POSIX::tmpnam 0.07 5.6.0 linux(1) 22.4 1.7 2.1 5.005_03 linux(1) 33.6 1.6 2.1 0.08 5.6.0 linux(1) 8.1 1.7 2.1 5.005_03 linux(1) 8.4 1.6 2.1 5.6.0 solaris(2) 32.3 237.0 229.5 5.005_03 dig.unix(3) 153.2 44.9 51.5 1. A 600 MHz pentium III running RedHat 6.1 2. A Sparc Ultra 1 running Solaris 2.6. /tmp local, /var/tmp on NFS (/var/tmp is the default temp location on Solaris and is used by POSIX::tmpnam whereas /tmp is used by File::Temp since that is the location specified by File::Spec) 3. DEC 3000 Alpha running digital unix 4.0.