generate_tempfile_name

generate_tempfile_name(suffix=None, tmpdir=None)

Returns the path to a temporary file with given suffix. If defined. the environment variable TMPDIR is used as base.

Parameters:

suffixstr, optional

File suffix. By default the file has no suffix.

tmpdirstr, optional

Directory the file is created in. Defaults to the system temp location honoring TMPDIR.

Returns:

str

The generated filename