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GetTempPath

Windows Mobile 6.5

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4/8/2010

This function obtains the path of the directory designated for temporary files.


DWORD GetTempPath(
  DWORD ccBuffer, 
  LPTSTR lpszBuffer
);

Parameters

ccBuffer: [in] Length, in characters, of the string buffer specified by the lpszBuffer parameter.

lpszBuffer: [out] Pointer to a string buffer that receives the null-terminated string specifying the temporary path. The retrieved string ends with a backslash (\).

Return Value

The length, in characters, of the string copied to lpszBuffer, not including the terminating NULL character, indicates success. If the return value is greater than the size of ccBuffer, the return value is the size of the buffer required to hold the path. Zero indicates failure

Requirements

Header	winbase.h
Library	coredll.lib
Windows Embedded CE	Windows CE 2.11 and later
Windows Mobile	Windows Mobile Version 5.0 and later

Reference

File I/O Functions

Other Resources

SHGetSpecialFolderPath

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