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Cleaning up when a script exits

A script creates a temp folder and must delete it whether it finishes normally or stops early on an error. What is the standard approach?

A.Put rm -rf "$tmpdir" as the last lineB.Create the folder inside /proc so it vanishesC.Run the script with nohup so it cleans upD.trap 'rm -rf "$tmpdir"' EXIT right after creating it

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