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Temp$
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<div class="black"><font size="-2"><b>Syntax</b></font></div>
<pre class="syntax"><u>File name</u> <b>= Temp$(</b> [ <u>Name</u> ] <b>)</b>
<u>File name</u> <b>= Temp(</b> [ <u>Name</u> ] <b>)</b></pre><p>

Returns a path for a temporary file.
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The path has the following form:
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<tt>/tmp/gambas.<b>[User id]</b>/<b>[Process id]</b>/<b>[Name]</b>.tmp</tt>
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where <tt><b>[User id]</b></tt> is the user system identifier, <tt><b>[Process id]</b></tt> the system identifier of the current process, and <tt><b>[Name]</b></tt> the value of the <u>Name</u> argument.
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If <u>Name</u> is not specified, then it is replaced by an integer number incremented each time this function is called. This way, you can have file names that are unique.
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All files located in the <tt>/tmp/gambas.<b>[User id]</b>/<b>[Process id]</b></tt> directory are automatically removed when the <a href="../def/gambas+en">Gambas</a> program ends.
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<div class="gray"><font size="-2"><b>Example</b></font></div>
<pre class="example">PRINT Temp$()
<hr>/tmp/gambas.501/14593/1.tmp</pre>
<div class="gray"><font size="-2"><b>Example</b></font></div>
<pre class="example">PRINT Temp$()
<hr>/tmp/gambas.501/14593/2.tmp</pre>
<div class="gray"><font size="-2"><b>Example</b></font></div>
<pre class="example">PRINT Temp$(&quot;version&quot;)
<hr>/tmp/gambas.501/14593/version.tmp</pre>
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<hr><b>See also</b><br>
<a href="../cat/file+en">File &amp; Directory Functions</a>&nbsp;

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