Python os.tmpnam() Method

Description

The method tmpnam() return a unique path name that is reasonable for creating a temporary file.

Following is the syntax for tmpnam() method

os.tmpnam()

This method returns a unique path name.

The following example shows the usage of tmpnam() method.

# !/usr/bin/python

import os, sys

# Temporary file generated in current directory
tmpfn = os.tmpnam()

print "This is the unique path:"
print tmpfn

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result:

This is the unique path:
/tmp/fileUFojpd