TMPNAM()

Purpose

Function to return temporary file name function

Syntax

TMPNAM( [<expC1> [,<expC2>]] )

See Also

DB_TMPDIR, GETENV(), GETGID(), GETUID(), GETPID(), RAND(), SET TMPDIR, SET TMPNAMPATH

Description

The TMPNAM() function returns a character string containing a unique temporary filename. By default, filenames returned by the TMPNAM() function have the extension ".tmp". The TMPNAM() function is particularly useful in multi-user applications where a unique temporary file can be created for each user process. The optional argument <expC1> specifies a directory where the temporary filename will created. The optional argument <expC2> specifies a file extension to use other than the default one of '.tmp'.

Example

name = tmpnam( tmpdir(), ".txt")
report form Listing for event = "BALLET" to file &name
print &name
delete file &name

Products

Recital, Recital Server