/*
* Copyright (c) Ian F. Darwin, http://www.darwinsys.com/, 1996-2002.
* All rights reserved. Software written by Ian F. Darwin and others.
* $Id: LICENSE,v 1.8 2004/02/09 03:33:38 ian Exp $
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* pioneering role in inventing and promulgating (and standardizing) the Java
* language and environment is gratefully acknowledged.
*
* The pioneering role of Dennis Ritchie and Bjarne Stroustrup, of AT&T, for
* inventing predecessor languages C and C++ is also gratefully acknowledged.
*/
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
/**
* Work with temporary files in Java.
*
* @author Ian F. Darwin, http://www.darwinsys.com/
* @version $Id: TempFiles.java,v 1.3 2004/02/09 03:33:47 ian Exp $
*/
public class TempFiles {
public static void main(String[] argv) throws IOException {
// 1. Make an existing file temporary
// Construct a File object for the backup created by editing
// this source file. The file probably already exists.
// My editor creates backups by putting ~ at the end of the name.
File bkup = new File("Rename.java~");
// Arrange to have it deleted when the program ends.
bkup.deleteOnExit();
// 2. Create a new temporary file.
// Make a file object for foo.tmp, in the default temp directory
File tmp = File.createTempFile("foo", "tmp");
// Report on the filename that it made up for us.
System.out.println("Your temp file is " + tmp.getCanonicalPath());
// Arrange for it to be deleted at exit.
tmp.deleteOnExit();
// Now do something with the temporary file, without having to
// worry about deleting it later.
writeDataInTemp(tmp.getCanonicalPath());
}
public static void writeDataInTemp(String tempnam) {
// This version is dummy. Use your imagination.
}
}
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