Name

tempnam

Synopsis

string tempnam(string path, string prefix)

Generates and returns a unique filename in the directory path. If path does not exist, the resulting temporary file may be located in the system’s temporary directory. The filename is prefixed with prefix. Returns a null string if the operation could not be performed.

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