Idiom #138 Create temp file

Create a new temporary file on filesystem.

#include <stdlib.h>

const char tmpl[] = "XXXXXX.tmp";
int fd = mkstemp(tmpl);

(ns programming-idioms
  (:import [java.io File]))

(File/createTempFile "prefix" "suffix" (new File "/tmp"))

(ns programming-idioms
  (:import [java.io File]))

(File/createTempFile "prefix" "suffix")

using System.IO;

string file = Path.GetTempFileName();

import std.stdio;

auto f = File.tmpfile();

open (newunit=u,status="scratch")

import "io/ioutil"

tmpfile, err := ioutil.TempFile("", "")

import System.IO.Temp

withTempFile $ \f -> do
  -- do something with f

file = io.tmpfile()

$f = tmpfile();

sysutils

var
  H: THandle;
begin
  H := FileCreate(GetTempFileName);
end.

use Path::Tiny qw(tempfile);

my $path = tempfile;

import tempfile

file = tempfile.TemporaryFile()

require 'tempfile'

file = Tempfile.new('foo')

use tempdir::TempDir;
use std::fs::File;

let temp_dir = TempDir::new("prefix")?;
let temp_file = File::open(temp_dir.path().join("file_name"))?;

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