temporary-directory

What's the best way to get a temp directory name in Windows? I see that I can use GetTempPath and GetTempFileName to create a temporary file, but is there any equivalent to the Linux / BSD mkdtemp function for creating a temporary directory? Scott Dorman No, there is no equivalent to mkdtemp. The best option is to use a combination of GetTempPath and GetRandomFileName . You would need code similar to this: public string GetTemporaryDirectory() { string tempDirectory = Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), Path.GetRandomFileName()); Directory.CreateDirectory(tempDirectory); return tempDirectory; } I

My app has just been rejected by Apple because it was storing temporary or cache files in the documents directory. Right. Their rejection message states: Temporary files used by your app should only be stored in the /tmp directory I suppose it is that besides the Documents and Library in the Application's folder. I am now trying to debug this issue in the iPhone Simulator, and when I use NSTemporaryDirectory() , the value I get in the Xcode debugger is /var/folders/yj/gnz1c7156c7d6d4fj429yms40000gn/T/tempzip.zip , and not /Users/me/Library/Application Support/iPhone Simulator/5.1/Applications

Currently I am using following function to get the temporary folder path for current user: string tempPath = System.IO.Path.GetTempPath(); On some machines it gives me temp folder path of current user like: C:\Documents and Settings\administrator\Local Settings\Temp\ On some machines it gives me system temp folder path like: C:\Windows\TEMP MSDN Documentation also says that above API returns current system's temporary folder. Is there any other API available which gives me current user's temporary folder path like this: C:\Documents and Settings\administrator\Local Settings\Temp\ System.IO