mktemp

mktemp(suffix: string, prefix: string, dir?: string): string

Defined in: packages/pythonlib/src/tempfile.node.ts:37

Generate a unique temporary file path (but don’t create the file).

Note: This is deprecated in Python but still useful in some cases. Consider using mkstemp() or NamedTemporaryFile() instead.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default value	Description
suffix	string	""	Optional suffix for the filename
prefix	string	"tmp"	Optional prefix for the filename (default: “tmp”)
dir?	string	undefined	Optional directory (default: system temp dir)

Returns

string

Path to the temporary file