CreateTempFile

Creates a temporary file in the specified directory with the specified prefix and suffix if passed.

Method Signature

CreateTempFile(directory=[string], prefix=[string], suffix=[string])

Arguments

Argument	Type	Required	Description	Default
directory	string	false	The directory in which to create the temp file, we default to the system temp directory	/var/folders/qr/xsqq4bd544x8qdm9s8ngwtdh0000gn/T/
prefix	string	false	The prefix string to be used in generating the file's name; may be empty
suffix	string	false	The suffix string to be used in generating the file's name; may be empty, in which case ".tmp" is used

Examples

Create temp file in temp dir

Returns path of file created

Run Example

getTempFile( getTempDirectory(), "testFile" );

Result: /private/var/folders/k6/hm9skhxj2dd_901z2f2mkwt00000gn/T/testFile13427324567646329113.tmp

Additional Examples

Run Example

dump( GetTempFile( getTempDirectory(), "demo" ) );

Related

• ContractPath

• CreateTempDirectory

• DirectoryCopy

• DirectoryCreate

• DirectoryDelete

• DirectoryExists

• DirectoryList

• DirectoryMove

• DirectoryRename

• ExpandPath

• FileAppend

• FileClose

• FileCopy

• FileDelete

• FileExists

• FileGetMimeType

• FileInfo

• FileIsEOF

• FileMove

• FileOpen

• FileRead

• FileReadBinary

• FileReadLine

• FileSeek

• FileSetAccessMode

• FileSetAttribute

• FileSetLastModified

• FileSkipBytes

• FileWrite

• FileWriteLine

• GetCanonicalPath

• GetDirectoryFromPath

• GetFileInfo

• getTempFile

• PropertyFile