| tempfile {base} | R Documentation |
Create Names for Temporary Files
Description
tempfile returns a vector of character strings which can be used as
names for temporary files in the directory given by tempdir.
Usage
tempfile(pattern = "file")
tempdir()
Arguments
pattern |
a non-empty character vector giving the initial part of the name. |
Details
If pattern has length greater than one then the result is of the
same length giving a temporary file name for each component of
pattern.
The names are very likely to be unique among calls to tempfile
in an R session and across simultaneous R sessions. The filenames are
guaranteed not to be currently in use.
The file name is made of the pattern, the process number in hex and a
random suffix in hex. The filenames will be in the directory given by
tempdir(). This will be a subdirectory of the directory given
TMPDIR if set, otherwise "/tmp".
Value
For tempfile a character vector giving the names of possible
(temporary) files. Note that no files are generated by
tempfile.
For tempdir, the path of the per-session temporary directory.
See Also
unlink for deleting files.
Examples
tempfile(c("ab", "a b c")) # give file name with spaces in!