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tempfile

Temporary file and directory creation.

This module provides a safe API for creating temporary files and directories. It includes helpers for creating temporary directories (mkdtemp), temporary files (NamedTemporaryFile), querying the default temporary directory (gettempdir), and a context manager for managing the lifetime of temporary directories (TemporaryDirectory).

To use these features, import the desired functions or classes from this module.

# Import from the tempfile module
from std.tempfile import gettempdir

comptime values​

TMP_MAX​

comptime TMP_MAX = 10000

Maximum number of attempts when generating unique temporary file names.

Structs​

Functions​

  • ​gettempdir: Return the default directory to use for temporary files.
  • ​mkdtemp: Create a temporary directory.
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