Java IO Tutorial - Java File.createTempFile(String prefix, String suffix)

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Syntax

File.createTempFile(String prefix, String suffix) has the following syntax.

public static File createTempFile(String prefix,   String suffix)    throws IOException

Example

In the following code shows how to use File.createTempFile(String prefix, String suffix) method.

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import java.io.File;

public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {

    File f = File.createTempFile("tmp", ".txt");

    System.out.println("File path: " + f.getAbsolutePath());

    // creates temporary file
    f = File.createTempFile("tmp", null);

    System.out.print("File path: " + f.getAbsolutePath());
  }
}

The code above generates the following result.

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