Java Glossary : temporary files

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temporary files

Unlike C, Java 1.1 does not have methods for generating unique temporary filenames. I have written a getTempFile method.

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Java 2.0 has File.createTempFile(), however, I find the design flawed. Here is a smarter version of File.createTempFile() that will let you specify either a directory to create the temp file in, or a file in whose directory to create the file in. You need this smarter version if you want to write a utility that replaces the input file with the processed output.

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