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GetTempFile

Creates a temporary file in a directory whose name starts with (at most) the first three characters of prefix.

Name of a temporary file, as a string.

System functions

GetTempFile(dir, prefix)

GetTempDirectory

Parameter

Description

dir

Directory name

prefix

Prefix of a temporary file to create in the directory dir

<h3>GetTempFile Example</h3>
<p>The temporary directory for this ColdFusion Server is
<cfoutput>#GetTempDirectory()#</cfoutput>. <p>We have created a temporary file called: <cfoutput>#GetTempFile(GetTempDirectory(),"testFile")#</cfoutput>

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