8.5.15 TempFile (create a temporary file)

Purpose

Creates a temporary file.

Syntax

TempFile (FileNameBuff, [Prefix] [, DirName])

Arguments

FileNameBuff

Specify a variable for storing the created temporary file name.

Prefix

Specify the file prefix as a character string or as a variable that stores this value. The first three characters are valid.

This value is optional. If you omit this value, "STX" is assumed.

DirName

Specify the name of the folder in which to create the temporary file, using a character string or a variable that stores this value.

This value is optional. If you omit this value, the system's temporary folder is assumed.

Description

The TempFile command creates a temporary file with a name in prehexadecimal-string.TMP format in the folder specified in DirName.

pre: The character string specified in Prefix

hexadecimal-string: A hexadecimal number (1 to FFFF) created based on the system time

The command returns True on successful execution, or False if an error occurs.

This command actually creates a zero-byte file with the specified file name.

Note that created files are not automatically deleted.

Note

Take care when specifying a folder in the folder set in the environment variable ProgramFiles (normally the Program Files folder on the system drive) or WinDir (normally the Windows folder on the system drive). For details, see 1.8.3 Effect of the executing user on command behavior.

Example

' Create a temporary file name and copy "MODEM.INF" to 
' the created temporary file.
Dim bkupFileName, outDir1
outDir1 = _TEMP_
' Create a temporary file name with the prefix "BUP".
TempFile (bkupFileName, "BUP", outDir1)
Copy (outDir1+"MODEM.INF", bkupFileName)

JP1/Script version

Supported from JP1/Script 01-00.

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