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GetTempFilename

GetTempFilename - finds a suitable name for a temporary file

Declaration

Source position: fileutil.pas line 178

function GetTempFilename(

  const Directory: String;

  const Prefix: String

):String;

Arguments

Directory

  

The Directory in which the temprary file is to be placed

Prefix

  

The Prefix to which an integer will be attached to generate a temporary filename

Function result

Returns the temporary file name that has been created

Description

GetTempFilename - finds a suitable name for a temporary file

Uses plus an integer to generate a file with extension '.tmp' in the specified ; if it already exists, increments the integer until it finds a name that is not already used

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