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deleting temporary files

Hi,
I have a file field in a <form>, so the user can upload a file. As soon as the user submits the form, the file is uploaded as I understand it to a temporary directory on my server. I can find out that temp name in the $_FILES array. Is it uo to me to delete that temporary file if I don't want it anymore? I'm basically doing:

1) user submits file
2) i copy it to a specific directory on the server
3) now do I have to delete the temp file or does it somehow get removed automatically for me?

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http://www.php.net/manual/en/features.file-upload.php#features.file-upload.post-method

"The file will be deleted from the temporary directory at the end of the request if it has not been moved away or renamed."