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Re: temporary file location

• To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
• Subject: [mg54155] Re: temporary file location
• From: "John Jowett" <John.Jowett at cern.ch>
• Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 01:57:03 -0500 (EST)
• Organization: CERN
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"Erich Neuwirth" <erich.neuwirth at univie.ac.at> wrote in message 
news:cuhspq$9j8$1 at smc.vnet.net...
> What is the best way of finding a directory where a temporary file can
> be written? The methond should be as OS-independent as possible.
>

$TemporaryPrefix  returns exactly that.
It is only mentioned in the Help Browser under OpenTemporary.

When I want to get the filename of a temporary file to work with I do 
something like

tempFile = Close[OpenTemporary[]]

or

tempFile = Close[OpenTemporary[]]<>".m"

John Jowett