Top "Temporary-files" questions

A (often short lived) file, automatically created for reasons like storing data that no longer fit into memory, for inter-process communication or to save state for possible crash recovery.

Python - tempfile.TemporaryFile cannot be read; why?

The official documentation for TemporaryFile reads: The mode parameter defaults to 'w+b' so that the file created can be …

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Delete on close files

Language used: C# Theory: I want to create a file with the flag FileOptions.DeleteOnClose in a temporary folder. The …

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Qt - How to get the "Temp" dir for an arbitrary user?

For each OS there is a location for storing temporary data. It could be like: C:/Users/[user name]/AppData/…

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Pipe vs. Temporary File

Is there a big performance difference between: Process A writing to a temp file, and process B reading that file …

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ReflectedSchemas folder in the user's AppData folder (Visual Studio)

Today I ran WinDirStat to check what is filling up my harddisk. I was surprised to see that this folder …

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Deleting tmp files

I read this post on how to delete tmp files. The solution in that post is: do.call(file.remove, …

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Should Dispose() or Finalize() be used to delete temporary files?

I have a class that makes use of temporary files (Path.GetTempFileName()) while it is active. I want to make …

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Do files created with Path.GetTempFileName get cleaned up automatically?

I've always assumed the answer is yes, but now I'm trying to find the truth. When I create a temp …

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Deleting Temporary Files after usage

I need to work with some temporary files in my Windows Forms .NET 3.5 application. Those files are opened in an …

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How to get a temporary file name?

I've seen some posts relating to my question, but none that address it completely. I need to create a file …

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