GETTEMPFILE  
Description

Creates a temporary file in a directory whose name starts with (at most) the first three characters of prefix.

 
Returns

Name of a temporary file, as a string.

 
Category

System functions

 
Function syntax
GetTempFile(dir, prefix)
 
See also

GetTempDirectory

 
Parameters

 
Example
<h3>GetTempFile Example</h3>
<p>The temporary directory for this ColdFusion Server is
<cfoutput>#GetTempDirectory()#</cfoutput>.
<p>We have created a temporary file called:
<cfoutput>#GetTempFile(GetTempDirectory(),"testFile")#</cfoutput>

Directory name

DIR  

Prefix of a temporary file to create in the dir directory

PREFIX