If you use Tempfile and pass your own filename containing an extension, it will just be consumed by the Tempfile's filename:

>> Tempfile.new('foobar.xlsx').path
=> "/tmp/foobar.xlsx20130115-19153-4ykpwm-0"

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If you want to keep the file extension, pass filename and extension as an array:

>> Tempfile.new([ 'foobar', '.xlsx' ]).path
=> "/tmp/foobar20130115-19153-1xhbncb-0.xlsx"