[#BloombergLP-bdls-TempDirectoryGuard-release] = xref:BloombergLP.adoc[BloombergLP]::xref:BloombergLP/bdls.adoc[bdls]::xref:BloombergLP/bdls/TempDirectoryGuard.adoc[TempDirectoryGuard]::release :relfileprefix: ../../../ :mrdocs: Remove the created temporary directory from management so that, upon this guards destruction, the created directory is not removed. Calling `release` on a guard that has previously been released has no effect. == Synopsis Declared in `<bdls_tempdirectoryguard.h>` [source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"] ---- void release(); ---- [.small]#Created with https://www.mrdocs.com[MrDocs]#