Thu May 04 2006
If you need to generate temporary / semi-unique filenames, here is a little snippet that uses the framework:
using System.IO;
string GetTempFileName(){
return Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(Path.GetTempFileName());
}
As the name implies, this will return the temporary name of a file without the extension, so it's up to you to add whatever filetype you may be trying to create. For example, let's say I wanted to generate a .gif:
string GetTempGifFileName(){
return string.Format("{0}.{1}", GetTempFileName(), "gif");
}
I had overlooked this little piece of functionality because the component that I was using generated filenames with GUIDs, so I never really worried about it. Way to make my life easier, .netfx 😃
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