/*
Create temporary file in specified directory
This Java example shows how to create a new temporary file at specified path using
createTempFile method of Java File class.
*/
import java.io.*;
public class CreateTempFileDirectory {
public static void main(String[] args) {
/*
* To create temporary file at specified location use,
* static File createTempFile(String namePrefix, String nameSuffix, File dir) method
* of Java File class,
*
* where namePrefix is a prefix string used to generate
* a file's name and must be atleast 3 characters long and nameSuffix is a
* suffix string used to generate suffix of the temporary file name, may be null,
* and in that case default ".tmp" will be used as a suffix. dir is the
* directory under which the temporary file will be created.
*/
File file = null;
File dir = new File("C://FileIO");
try
{
file = File.createTempFile("JavaTemp", ".javatemp", dir);
}
catch(IOException ioe)
{
System.out.println("Exception creating temporary file : " + ioe);
}
/*
* Please note that if the directory does not exists, IOException will be
* thrown and temporary file will not be created.
*/
System.out.println("Temporary file created at : " + file.getPath());
}
}
/*
Typical output would be
Temporary file created at : C:\FileIO\JavaTemp40534.javatemp
*/
