Application #74. Use Temporary Resources
It’s quite common for an application to need to store some information for use later on. Ideally, we would like to store everything in memory, but often this is not possible because system resources are limited or the amount of data we want to store is very large. In these situations, you can use a file to temporarily store the information.
Building Upon...Application #73: Read From and Write To a Text File |
New Concepts
An application that uses temporary files needs to select a reasonable location for creating the files that does not clutter the user’s system. The Framework provides mechanisms to ensure that your application uses temporary files responsibly.
Locating Temporary Locations
Technically, ...
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