tempname

Returns an unique temporary filename.

Syntax

• f = tempname()
• f = tempname(path)

Input argument

• path - a string: an existing directory used instead of tempdir().

Output argument

• f - a string: an unique temporary filename.

Description

Returns the name of an unique temporary filename.

Example

r = tempname()

See also

mkdir, tempdir.

History

Author

Allan CORNET