GoogleChrome / GoogleChrome/lighthouse

Temp files not cleaned up in WSL

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Description

### FAQ

- [X] Yes, my issue is not about [variability](https://github.com/GoogleChrome/lighthouse/blob/main/docs/variability.md) or [throttling](https://github.com/GoogleChrome/lighthouse/blob/main/docs/throttling.md).
- [X] Yes, my issue is not about a specific accessibility audit (file with [axe-core](https://github.com/dequelabs/axe-core) instead).

### URL

https://www.google.com

### What happened?

In WSL I am running this code like

> node LighthouseScanner.mjs https://www.google.com

After it completes there is a temp folder left behind that looks like a full windows path.

> lighthouse ls -l
total 20
drwx------ 3 rowc rowc 4096 Nov 14 15:36 'C:\Users\chris\AppData\Local\lighthouse.42200815'

I don't see anything indicating an error.

```
import lighthouse from 'lighthouse';
import * as chromeLauncher from 'chrome-launcher';

(async () => {
const chrome = await chromeLauncher.launch({
chromeFlags: ['--headless', '--quiet'],
chromePath: '/usr/bin/google-chrome-stable',
});

if (process.argv.length < 3) {
console.error('Please provide a URL as a command line argument.');
process.exit(1);
}

const url = process.argv[2];
const options = {
logLevel: 'info',
output: ['html', 'json'],
port: chrome.port,
tmpdir: '/tmp/',
};
const runnerResult = await lighthouse(url, options);

const combinedResult = {
json: runnerResult.lhr,
html: runnerResult.report,
};

// Output the combined result as a JSON object to stdout
console.log(JSON.stringify(combinedResult, null, 2));

await chrome.kill();
})();
```

### What did you expect?

No temp files left behind.

### What have you tried?

I have run it in directories not named lighthouse and the file name is still the same.

### How were you running Lighthouse?

node

### Lighthouse Version

11.2.0

### Chrome Version

Google Chrome 118.0.5993.117

### Node Version

v20.9.0

### OS

WSL

### Relevant log output

_No response_

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