tempfile

Temporary file and directory creation, similar to Python's tempfile module.

import tempfile

Functions

tempfile.gettempdir() -> str

Return the name of the directory used for temporary files. Similar to Python's tempfile.gettempdir().

Returns: The path to the system temporary directory, without a trailing separator.

tempfile.gettempdir()    # "/tmp" on Unix, "C:\Users\...\Temp" on Windows

tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix: str = "tmp") -> str

Create a temporary directory and return its absolute pathname. Similar to Python's tempfile.mkdtemp().

Parameters:

• prefix (str) -- Prefix for the directory name. Defaults to "tmp".

Returns: The absolute path of the created temporary directory.

tempfile.mkdtemp()           # "/tmp/tmpabcdefgh"
tempfile.mkdtemp("myapp_")   # "/tmp/myapp_abcdefgh"

Raises:

• OSError -- Thrown if the directory could not be created.