Path.GetTempFileName Method

.NET Framework Class Library

Returns a uniquely named zero-byte temporary file on disk and returns the full path to that file.

[Visual Basic]
Public Shared Function GetTempFileName() As String
[C#]
public static string GetTempFileName();
[C++]
public: static String* GetTempFileName();
[JScript]
public static function GetTempFileName() : String;

Return Value

A String containing the name of the temporary file.

Remarks

The following table lists examples of other typical or related I/O tasks.

To do this...	See the example in this topic...
Create a text file.	Writing Text to a File
Write to a text file.	Writing Text to a File
Read from a text file.	Reading Text from a File
Retrieve a file extension.	GetExtension
Retrieve the fully qualified path of a file.	GetFullPath
Retrieve the file name and extension from a path.	GetFileName
Retrieve only the file name from a path.	GetFileNameWithoutExtension
Retrieve only the directory name from a path.	GetDirectoryName
Change the extension of a file.	ChangeExtension
Determine if a directory exists.	Exists
Determine if a file exists.	Exists

Requirements

Platforms: Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 2000, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional, Windows Server 2003 family, .NET Compact Framework, Common Language Infrastructure (CLI) Standard

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