os.tempnam() - os

             
The method tempnam() returns a unique path name that is reasonable for creating a temporary file.


dir -- This is the dir where the temporary filename will be created.
prefix -- This is the prefix of the generated temporary filename.

Syntax

os.tempnam(dir, prefix)

Example

# !/usr/bin/python

import os, sys

# prefix is tuts1 of the generated file
tmpfn = os.tempnam('/tmp/tutorialsdir,'tuts1')

print "This is the unique path:"
print tmpfn

Output / Return Value

When we run above program, it produces following result:


This is the unique path:
/tmp/tutorialsdir/tuts1IbAco8

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