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@@ -433,6 +433,36 @@ If \fIname\fR contains no separators then returns \fIname\fR. So, \fBfile tail a/b\fR, \fBfile tail a/b/\fR and \fBfile tail b\fR all return \fBb\fR. .TP +\fBfile tempdir\fR ?\fItemplate\fR? +.VS "8.7, TIP 431" +Creates a temporary directory (guaranteed to be newly created and writable by +the current script) and returns its name. If \fItemplate\fR is given, it +specifies one of or both of the existing directory (on a filesystem controlled +by the operating system) to contain the temporary directory, and the base part +of the directory name; it is considered to have the location of the directory +if there is a directory separator in the name, and the base part is everything +after the last directory separator (if non-empty). The default containing +directory is determined by system-specific operations, and the default base +name prefix is +.QW \fBtcl\fR . +.RS +.PP +The following output is typical and illustrative; the actual output will vary +between platforms: +.PP +.CS +% \fBfile tempdir\fR +/var/tmp/tcl_u0kuy5 + % \fBfile tempdir\fR /tmp/myapp +/tmp/myapp_8o7r9L +% \fBfile tempdir\fR /tmp/ +/tmp/tcl_1mOJHD +% \fBfile tempdir\fR myapp +/var/tmp/myapp_0ihS0n +.CE +.RE +.VE "8.7, TIP 431" +.TP \fBfile tempfile\fR ?\fInameVar\fR? ?\fItemplate\fR? '\" TIP #210 .VS 8.6 |