tempname¶

Unique name for temporary file

Calling Sequence¶

tmp_name = tempname([prefix])

:tmp_name a string :

prefix a string:
	prefix of filename (On Windows, 3 characters maximum).

:

Creates a file with a unique filename in the TMPDIR directory.

tmp_nam = tempname() returns a unique string, tmp_nam, suitable for use as a temporary filename.

F1 = tempname()
`isfile`_(F1)
F2 = tempname('TMP')
`isfile`_(F2)

Version Description 5.4.0 Function tempname introduced.